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Table 6 Item Pairings and Domains for Draft Instrument for Cognitive Interviews Based on Rank () of Endorsement from Card Sort Interviews

From: Developing a patient-centered outcome measure for complementary and alternative medicine therapies I: defining content and format

Domain Negative Item

Item Pairing and Ranking

Domain Positive Item

Physical

Not sleeping well

Sleeping well

Physical

Ā 

(6)

(10)

Ā 

Physical

Dull senses

Vibrant senses

Physical

Ā 

(7)

(7)

Ā 

Physical

Depleted

Vitalized

Whole person

Ā 

(4)

(6)

Ā 

Affective

Suffering*

Joyful

Affective

Ā 

--

(2)

Ā 

Physical

Exhausted

Energized

Physical

Ā 

(3)

(17)

Ā 

Cognitive

Scattered*

Focused

Cognitive

Ā 

--

(6)

Ā 

Whole Person

Powerless*

Empowered

Whole person

Ā 

--

(4)

Ā 

Spiritual

Hopeless

Hopeful

Spiritual

Ā 

(16)

(2)

Ā 

Whole person

Unforgiving

Forgiving

Whole person

Ā 

(18)

(3)

Ā 

Social

Isolated*

Connected

Social

Ā 

--

(5)

Ā 

Whole person

Life has no meaning*

Life has meaning

Whole person

Ā 

--

(3)

Ā 

Spiritual

Have no faith

Have faith

Spiritual

Ā 

--

(3)

Ā 

Whole person

Overwhelmed

Resilient

Whole person

Ā 

(4)

(4)

Ā 

Affective

Closed-hearted

Open hearted**

Affective

Ā 

--

(2)

Ā 

Whole person

Broken

Healed

Spiritual

Ā 

--

(2)

Ā 

Whole person

Defined by my illness or problems

Not Defined by my illness or problems

Cognitive

Ā 

(16)

(8)

Ā 

Spiritual

Not on a spiritual path

On a spiritual path

Spiritual

Ā 

--

(5)

Ā 

Physical

My body does not recover quickly

My body recovers quickly

Physical

Ā 

(15)

(1)

Ā 
  1. * Some items were not in the original data set and were created as new negative/positive pairing.
  2. ** In original items, "I am able to love" received 21 endorsements as "best applies" and "applies." Based on feedback from some early interviews this was changed to "closed-hearted" and "open-hearted" as many respondents in the interviews were unwilling to say that they were "unable to love." The domain and item endorsement for "open-hearted" corresponds to "I am able to love" in the original data set.