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Table 7 Item Summary, Internal Consistency Reliability, and Results of Exploratory Factor Analysis for Severity of Illness Rating Scores (SIRS) reflective of Mild (n = 150) and Moderate to Severe (n = 153)

From: Reliability and construct validity of the Participation in Life Activities Scale for children and adolescents with asthma: an instrument evaluation study

   

Internal Consistence Reliability

Factor Analysis Principal Components

 

M

SD

Item to Total Correlation

Scale Alpha & if Item Deleted

KMO Sampling Adequacy

Rescaled Factor Loading (PC)

Rescaled Amount of Variance Explained

SIRS (4–5) PLA

1.989

.740

-

.689

.660

-

60.7

   Planning for

.542

.349

.50

.598

-

.858

-

   Interference with

.635

.317

.55

.529

-

.811

-

   Prevention from

.812

.274

.47

.641

-

.654

-

SIRS (6–12) PLA

1.653

.794

-

.764

.658

-

68.0

   Planning for

.424

.310

.50

.781

-

.728

-

   Interference with

.541

.315

.68

.589

-

.871

-

   Prevention from

.688

.338

.62

.663

-

.867

-