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Table 5 Children and caregivers severity scores: Inter-Item, Item-Total Correlations and Cronbach Alpha Reliability Estimates

From: Quality of life of children and their caregivers during an AOM episode: development and use of a telephone questionnaire

Children severity score

Physical suffering

Hearing loss

Sleeping

Emotional distress

Activity limitations

Appetite

Corrected item-total correlation

Cronbach's Alpha if Item Deleted

Physical suffering

1,00

0,33

0,34

0,34

0,47

0,37

0,54

0,74

Hearing loss

 

1,00

0,22

0,23

0,31

0,33

0,39

0,77

Sleeping

  

1,00

0,38

0,33

0,34

0,45

0,76

Emotional distress

   

1,00

0,52

0,4

0,55

0,74

Activity limitations

    

1,00

0,56

0,64

0,71

Appetite

     

1,00

0,57

0,73

Caregivers severity score

Sleeping

Changing daily activities

Cancelling of family activities

Caregiver emotional distress

Caregiver Concerns

 

Corrected item-total correlation

Cronbach's Alpha if Item Deleted

Sleeping

1,00

0,65

0,49

0,39

0,42

 

0,64

0,76

Changing daily activities

 

1,00

0,61

0,43

0,34

 

0,67

0,75

Cancelling of family activities

  

1,00

0,43

0,28

 

0,59

0,78

Caregiver emotional distress

   

1,00

0,55

 

0,58

0,78

Caregiver concerns

    

1,00

 

0,51

0,80