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Table 2 Descriptive statistics, alpha coefficients for scores on the Brazil adaptation of the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire-Items and the Total Score (n = 146)

From: The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire-Revised (MQOL-R). Psychometric properties and validation of a Brazilian version on palliative care patients: a cross-sectional study

Global QOL scores and items

Mean (SD)

Alfa de Cronbach

1. My physical symptoms were …. *

4.5 (3.6)

0.846

2. I felt (physically terrible–Physically well)

6.0 (2.9)

0.849

3. Being physically unable to do the things I wanted was…. *

4.1 (3.5)

0.855

4. I was depressed…..*

5.6 (3.8)

0.838

5. I was nervous or worried…..*

4.5 (3.7)

0.840

6. I felt sad….*

5.1 (4.0)

0.840

7. When I thought of the future…*

5.6 (3.8)

0.846

8. My life was……

6.2 (3.5)

0.853

9. I feel in achieving life goals I have: Made no progress…

6.4 (3.2)

0.848

10. I felt that the amount of control I had over my…

6.1 (3.6)

0.844

11. I felt good about myself as a person…

6.7 (3.2)

0.839

12. Communication with the people I care about …

7.7 (2.9)

0.849

13. I felt my relationships with the people I care about were…

8 (2.7)

0.847

14. I felt supported…

8.6 (2.4)

0.855

BrP-MQOL total score

6. 15 (1.96)

0.854

  1. QOL quality of life
  2. * Reverse-scored items