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Table 2 Descriptive statistics and reliability coefficients of FertiQoL subscales

From: Psychometric characteristics of the FertiQoL questionnaire in a German sample of infertile individuals and couples.

 

Women (N = 362)

Men (N = 234)

 

Cronbach’s alpha coefficient

Composite Reliability

Mean score (SD)

Correlation with FertiQoL Global

Cronbach’s alpha coefficient

Composite Reliability

Mean score (SD)a

Correlation with FertiQoL Global

Emotional

.83

.85

61.3 (18.7)

.87**

.84

.85

75.4 (16.1)***

.83**

Mind/Body

.84

.85

74.3 (14.5)

.84**

.83

.84

82.8 (14.0)***

.86**

Relational

.70

.09

79.3 (14.1)

.56**

.65

.09

76.5 (14.0)*

.51**

Social

.68

.71

75.6 (15.6)

.80**

.67

.75

76.4 (13.4)

.80**

Global

.89

.94

72.6 (12.8)

–

.87

.94

77.8 (10.8)***

–

  1. acompared with mean scores of women (using independent t-tests)
  2. ***p < 0.001 **p < 0.01 *p < 0.05s