Construction and preliminary validation of a tool to measure the needs of adolescents and young adults (AYA) diagnosed with cancer: the QUestionnaire nEEd Cancer AYAs: QUEEC-AYAs

Table 4 Score, distribution, and cronbach’s alpha of the QUEEC-AYAs scale

Factor	No. of items	Range	Range observed	N	Median	Mean	SD	% score min	% score max	Alpha
1	14	0–56	0–56	100	26	27.04	14.87	3	3	0.93
2	8	0–32	1–28	101	22	21.33	5.72	0.99	11.88	0.9
3	6	0–24	1–24	101	17	15.9	6.05	0.99	7.92	0.89
4	6	0–24	6–24	101	12	11.97	7.26	5.94	5.94	0.89
5	4	0–16	0–16	101	6	6.55	4.43	8.91	4.95	0.79
6	4	0–16	0–16	100	7	6.92	4.61	14	7	0.84
7	6	0–24	0–24	100	7	8.01	6.08	12	2	0.79
Total	48	0–192	2–188	96	98.5	96.45	36.29	1.04	2.08	0.95
	KMO = 0.78 mean adjustment

For each dimension, sub-scores were calculated as the sum of response to items (with 0 = no need, 1 = low need, 2 = moderate need, 3 = high need, 4 = very high need)

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