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Table 3 Reliability analysis based on the corrected item-total correlation and Cronbach's alpha coefficient if item deleted according to the sampling region and the sampling cluster units of the study.

From: Validation of a Greek version of the oral health impact profile (OHIP-14) for use among adults

Impact Item

Athens

Thessaloniki

University Dental Clinic

Social Insurance Dental Clinic

 

Corrected Item - Total Correlation

Cronbach's Alpha if Item Deleted

Corrected Item - Total Correlation

Cronbach's Alpha if Item Deleted

Corrected

Item - Total Correlation

Cronbach's Alpha

if Item Deleted

Corrected Item -

Total Correlation

Cronbach's Alpha if Item Deleted

1. Difficult to pronounce words

0.64

0.88

0.66

0.85

0.66

0.91

0.64

0.88

2. Worsened taste

0.50

0.88

0.36

0.87

0.54

0.92

0.51

0.88

3. Pain

0.73

0.88

0.68

0.85

0.77

0.91

0.66

0.88

4. Uncomfortable to eat

0.43

0.88

0.34

0.87

0.63

0.92

0.41

0.89

5. Self-conscious

0.48

0.88

0.60

0.85

0.65

0.92

0.54

0.88

6. Feel tensed

0.61

0.88

0.70

0.85

0.74

0.91

0.60

0.88

7. Diet unsatisfactory

0.72

0.88

0.72

0.85

0.81

0.91

0.73

0.87

8. Interrupted meals

0.55

0.88

0.51

0.86

0.58

0.92

0.52

0.88

9. Difficult to relax

0.69

0.88

0.43

0.86

0.69

0.91

0.60

0.88

10. Embarrassed

0.67

0.88

0.42

0.86

0.69

0.91

0.62

0.88

11. Irritable

0.57

0.88

0.46

0.86

0.58

0.92

0.56

0.88

12. Difficult to do jobs

0.61

0.88

0.32

0.87

0.46

0.92

0.65

0.88

13. Life less satisfying

0.16

0.89

0.51

0.86

0.54

0.92

0.39

0.89

14. Totally unable to function

0.62

0.88

0.57

0.86

0.73

0.91

0.58

0.88