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Table 2 Descriptive statistics comparing FACIT-G (total, subscales and ‘Pal’) and APCA African POS across three countries with Cronbach’s α for all Scales

From: Wellbeing among sub-Saharan African patients with advanced HIV and/or cancer: an international multicentred comparison study of two outcome measures

Country

Uganda (n = 154)

Kenya (n = 153)

South Africa (n = 154)

F

P=

Mean (s.d., min-max)

Mean (s.d., min-max)

Mean (s.d., min-max)

FACIT-G subscale: Physical well-being Poss range 0-28

14.95 (6.84, 0–28) α = 0.81

17.63 (8.00, 0–28) α = 0.86

19.74 (6.44, 2–28) α = 0.78

17.204

0.001

FACIT-G subscale: Social family well-being Poss range 0-28

18.78 (7.08, 0–28) α = 0.77

22.91 (5.53, 5–28) α = 0.77

21.39 (6.12, 3–28) α = 0.78

17.101

0.001

FACIT-G subscale: Emotional well-being Poss range 0-24

17.45 (6.50, 0–24) α = 0.83

18.95 (5.70, 3–25) α = 0.81

18.01 (5.62, 4–24) α = 77

2.503

0.083

FACIT-G subscale: Functional well-being Poss range 0-28

15.75 (7.64, 1–28) α = 0.86

19.17 (7.48, 1–28) α = 0.88

19.06 (6.48, 1–28) α = 0.84

10.951

0.001

FACIT-G Total Poss range 0-108

66.93 (21.11, 13–107) α = 0.90

78.66 (20.14, 18–108) α = 0.91

78.12 (17.05, 20–108) α = 0.88

17.635

0.001

FACIT-Pal subscale Poss range 0-76

59.69 (11.85, 17–76) α = 0.81

62.96 (10.66,22-76 ) α = 0.83

60.35 (10.96, 25–76) α = 0.81

3.641

0.027

FACIT-G + Pal Poss range 0-184

126.63 (31.11, 40–181) α = 0.92

141.63 (29.55, 42–184) α = 0.93

139.18 (26.41, 45–184) α = 0.92

11.62

0.001

APCA African POS Total Poss range 0-35

11.93 (6.83, 0–29) α = 0.72

11.98 (5.82, 1–26) α = 0.55

10.93 (6.55, 0–32) α = 0.55

1.312

0.270

  1. Higher FACIT-Pal score means better quality of life, lower POS score means better problem intensity.