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Table 2 Test-retest coefficients (Pearson's correlation coefficient r) for the AMS scale across countries: total score and scores for the psychological, somatic, and sexual sub-scale. Community samples.

From: The Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) scale: review of its methodological characteristics

 

EUROPE

ASIA

 

Overall

Germany

UK

France

Spain

Portugal

Sweden

Italy

Overall

Korea

Thailand

N

316

102

96

21

33

20

24

20

45

25

20

Total score

0.86

0.86

0.91

0.85

0.80

0.74

0.88

0.79

0.91

0.90

0.87

Psychological score

0.77

0.81

0.81

0.82

0.50

0.67

0.69

0.54

0.87

0.85

0.78

Somatic score

0.83

0.85

0.91

0.71

0.89

0.45

0.94

0.76

0.87

0.87

0.81

Sexual score

0.82

0.80

0.81

0.88

0.74

0.67

0.84

0.98

0.80

0.77

0.68

  1. * France, Spain,, Portugal, Italy, Sweden (about n = 20 each)