This pilot trial aims to test the acceptability of the intervention, the randomisation procedure and the study measures, and will provide the information required for designing a definitive stage III randomised controlled trial to determine if this model of prostate cancer follow-up care can improve prostate-related quality of life and be cost-effective.
The high correlation factors shown in Fig. 10a, b and the acceptable inversion results at the blind well test revealed the acceptability of the inversion results.
The convergence test measures the acceptability of the BPNN before its selection.
In this paper, we have empirically tested the notion of the acceptability of non-perfect health states, which may be relevant in the context of priority setting in health care.
The interviews covered the broad domains of GPs' perceived facilitators and barriers to chlamydia testing and management; the acceptability of ACCEPt to GPs; the perceived external and contextual factors affecting chlamydia testing rates and GPs' self-reported chlamydia-related clinical practices.
The aim of this stage of the project was to test the acceptability, ease of use, and usefulness of the intervention for the target population.
It also allowed us to test the acceptability of components of the intervention with GPs and provided the opportunity to test methods of patient identification and recruitment.
The recent online trial of Down Your Drink (http://www.downyourdrink.org.uk/) indicated potentially significant reductions in alcohol consumption and risky drinking behaviours in subjects who used the trial websites, 10 and a number of initiatives are underway to test the acceptability of this approach.
A structured, audio-taped, interviewer-administered questionnaire with some open ended questions was used to gauge GPs' views on the importance of chlamydia testing, the acceptability of the intervention, and the barriers they saw to chlamydia screening in general practice.
Although the universal method to measure mastitis levels is by determining the somatic cell counts per milliliter of milk, the electrical conductivity of milk could be a rapid test for checking the acceptability of milk to monitor the effects of udder infection.
