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Table 3 QPS item-to-item and item-to-total correlations (Pearson correlations)

From: Initial psychometric validation of the questionnaire on pain caused by spasticity (QPS)

QPS module

Item-to-item correlation range

Item-to-total correlations

General pain item

Other four activity items

Child self LL (n = 68)

−0.037 to 0.611

0.099 to 0.705

0.322 to 0.788

Child self UL (n = 30)

0.003 to 0.698

−0.022 to 0.702

0.392 to 0.745

Child interviewer LL (n = 40)

0.178 to 0.490

0.316 to 0.549

0.734 to 0.817

Child interviewer UL (n = 14)

0.387 to 0.754

0.676 to 0.859

0.867 to 0.913

Parent LL (n = 125)

0.263 to 0.464

0.359 to 0.554

0.679 to 0.801

Parent UL (n = 52)

0.304 to 0.526

0.179 to 0.640

0.531 to 0.842

  1. QPS items reported are items 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12 for child modules and items 8, 9b, 10b, 11b, and 13b for parent modules
  2. QPS modules: Self, self-administered; Interviewer, interviewer-administered
  3. LL lower limb, UL upper limb