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Table 5 Scale-level psychometrics

From: Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on Caregiver Questionnaire: internal consistency, convergent validity, and test-retest reliability of a new measure for assessing caregiver burden

Scale

Reliability

α

r ii

Mean*

SD*

Pearsonrwith IADCQ*

IADCQ

0.927

0.52

21.62

10.77

**

SF-12 v2: PF

0.801

0.67

47.32

11.33

−0.32

SF-12 v2: RP

0.884

0.79

44.05

10.22

−0.42

SF-12 v2: BP (1 item)

**

45.32

11.26

−0.40

SF-12 v2: GH (1 item)

**

46.38

11.31

−0.20

SF-12 v2: VT (1 item)

**

45.84

10.41

−0.33

SF-12 v2: SF (1 item)

**

42.23

11.11

−0.54

SF-12 v2: RE

0.860

0.76

39.14

11.47

−0.48

SF-12 v2: MH

0.690

0.43

41.96

10.40

−0.57

SF-12 v2: PCS

0.875

0.56

48.18

10.43

−0.26

SF-12 v2: MCS

0.817

0.43

40.17

10.14

−0.58

  1. Abbreviations: α, coefficient alpha; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; IADCQ, Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on Caregiver Questionnaire; MCS, mental health composite score; MH, mental health; PCS, physical health composite score; PF, physical functioning; r ii , average inter-item correlation; RE, role emotional; RP, role physical; SD, standard deviation; SF, social functioning; SF-12v2, Short Form-12 Health Survey Version 2; VT, vitality.
  2. *T-scores for SF-12v2 scales were used in calculation.
  3. **Analyses were not conducted.