PCP level of risk aversion was assessed using a general question about risk taking behavior: "compared to other people your age, would you say you are": less willing to take risks, equally willing to take risks, or more willing to take risks.
We also use a general health question from these topical modules ("Would you say the person's health in general is excellent, very good, good, fair or poor?") to construct a binary variable equals to one if the respondent's health is fair or poor.
Finally, WC users asked to end the questionnaire on a positive note when no adverse outcomes were detected using a general satisfaction question (Q36) adapted from the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology [ 32].
The acceptability assessment, completed once participants finished using the study product, included a general question ("Overall, –i.e., considering all the episodes in which you used this gel how much did you like the product?"); it also included specific questions on the level of like/dislike of the products' physical properties, application process, and applicator.
We addressed this question using a general health questionnaire (SF 36) and a specific questionnaire for symptoms of goitre, we detected normal health quality status as reflected in the SF-36 results and a significant improvement in goitre symptoms using the specific questionnaire.
Open-ended questions were analyzed using a general inductive approach.
Physicians used these general questions as a way to find one or more signs or symptoms that would trigger a simple and robust heuristic, or a clue that would define a diagnosis and subsequent treatment.
Our survey utilized a carefully constructed definition of "placebo treatments," used a combination of general questions and detailed scenarios, and included a large and demographically diverse sample of patients.
Hemming, the MP for Birmingham Yardley, used a question to the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, to name Giggs in parliament.
A survey conducted in the U.S. showed that most physicians used general questions to assess physical activity, while only 7% applied standardized questionnaires [ 18].
