A mother-to-be can pick up a couple of fashionable dresses and supplement with items from chains such as H&M or Zara.
The clinical COPS was supplemented with items to cover two new dimensions: Pre-admission visit and Operation Room.
Then items and dimensions of existing fatigue scales were collected in a preliminary item pool and supplemented with items from interview material [ 6].
Elements within the second domain were adapted from REMARK criteria and supplemented with items described in Eisenhauer et al (2006); McShane et al (2005).
Knowledge of familial breast cancer is measured by using a 10-item questionnaire based on questionnaires designed by Lerman et al. [ 42] and Bluman et al. [ 43]; adapted and supplemented with items regarding breast cancer (age-related) risk.
A single item regarding activities was reformulated and supplemented with items regarding activities and facilities from the substance-dependence questionnaire [ 23], which have been identified in patient-based instruments as being important for psychiatric inpatients [ 11, 13].
24 Perceived physical environmental characteristics potentially related to physical activity were assessed using items based on the validated ALPHA questionnaire, 25 supplemented with items regarding the food environment based on the Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis MESAA) survey.
This can be accomplished by supplementing meals with items like nuts or granola bars that won't spoil if not eaten.
Adolescents are asked to fill out 118 items (112 items of the 2001 version supplemented with 6 items from the previous version of the YSR) on a 3-point scale based on the occurrence of the behavior during the preceding 6 months: 0 if the problem item was not true, 1 if it was somewhat or sometimes true, and 2 if it was very true or often true.
Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) is a self-reported measure of medication taking developed from a previously validated 4-item scale and supplemented with additional items addressing the circumstances surrounding adherence behavior [ 42].
The EUROPEP instrument, consisting of 23 items measuring patient experience, was supplemented with four items regarding the possibility to ask for a longer consultation, accessibility by phone, getting an appointment with your own doctor and an accessible procedure for complaints.
