Health related quality of life in 3 and 4 year old children and their parents: preliminary findings about a new questionnaire

Table 5 Cronbach's α reliability coefficients and inter-scale correlations (Spearman) of the ITQOL scales for the NICU sample

	PA	GD	BP	TM	GB	BE	GH	PI-E	PI-T	MH
Infant scales
Physical Abilities (PA)	(.96)
Growth Development (GD)	.50	(.89)
Bodily Pain/Discomfort (BP)	.28	.34	(.88)
Temperament and Moods (TM)	.32	.53	.47	(.86)
General Behavior (GB)	.27	.44	.23	.55	(.88)
Getting Along with Others (BE)	.29	.48	.27	.67	.74	(.80)
General Health Perceptions (GHP)	.36	.43	.38	.42	.34	.39	(.86)
Parent scales
Impact-Emotional (PI-E)	.30	.50	.38	.62	.59	.61	.44	(.86)
Impact-Time (PI-T)	.35	.44	.39	.57	.50	.55	.37	.66	(.89)
Mental Health (MH)	.18	.27	.23	.40	.32	.36	.36	.42	.43	(.84)

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