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Table 2 Internal consistency of FACT-G and subscales

From: Evaluation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) Spanish Version 4 in South America: Classic Psychometric and Item Response Theory Analyses

 

English Version 2 [1]

Spanish Version 2 [6]

Spanish Version 4

Subscale

Mean ± SD

Alpha coefficients

Mean ± SD

Alpha coefficients

Mean ± SD

Alpha coefficients

PWB (7 items)

20.5 ± 5.5

.82

19.0 ± 5.9

.79

15.7 ± 8.9

.91

SFWB (6 items)

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16.6 ± 5.1

.82

SFWB (7 items)*

21.9 ± 4.8

.69

18.0 ± 5.7

.65

18.6 ± 5.9

.81

EWB (5 items)

14.8 ± 5.0

.74

14.2 ± 3.7

.60

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EWB (6 items)

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13.5 ± 6.3

.78

FWB (6 items)

18.0 ± 6.1

.80

12.9 ± 5.6

.72

16.0 ± 6.0

.81

Relationship with Doctor (2 items)

6.9 ± 1.5

.65

6.8 ± 1.2

.66

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Total FACT-G

82.1 ± 15.9

.89

71.9 ± 15.7

.83

61.9 ± 18.4

.89

Total FACT-G (*)

    

63.7 ± 19.0

.89

  1. PWB = Physical Well-being; FWB = Functional Well-being; SFWB = social and Family Well-being; EWB = Emotional Well-being (*) Includes "satisfaction with sexual life".