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We use the total score.
We use the total score of the three subscales (laxness, over-reactivity and verbosity) (alpha =.84)[ 21].
Given that psychometric analyses of the SPWB have not always supported the proposed six factor structure [ 50, 51], we will use the total score in this study.
We chose to use the total score in our analyses because in that way we are able to adjust for the full spectrum of psychiatric morbidity including sub-threshold forms of illness.
We have selected to use the total score in our analyses because in that way we are able to adjust for the full spectrum of psychiatric morbidity including sub-threshold forms of illness.
Recognizing that not all who respond have expertise or experience in all aspects of newborn screening for a specific condition, methods were used that allowed data to be aggregated for each criterion for each condition rather than to use the total score for a condition.
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Hierarchical measurement of latent traits, such as HRQoL, is more useful than simply summing item scores and using the total score alone.
Perceived social support, measured by using the total score from the Questionnaire for Social Support, was significantly higher for 'low-scoring patients' than for the 'high-scoring patients' (t = 2.90; p < 0.01).
Using the total score of 5 as cut-value, sensitivity and specificity were 83.3% and 90.9% for definite episodic cluster headache among 342 patients.
Two studies that assessed validity of the instrument were based on using separate components of the DFI, as opposed to using the total score as was originally intended by creators of the scale [43], [46].
These estimates themselves were not the focus of our work but rather, we targeted the difference in using the total score vs. a different summary of the same item level information (i.e., IIV).
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