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Table 7 Convergent construct validity of the LTCQ and the LTCQ-8 with independent measures (Spearman’s rho)

From: Rasch analysis of the long-term conditions questionnaire (LTCQ) and development of a short-form (LTCQ-8)

Measure

Mean score (SD, SE, 95% CI)

Score range

Correlation with LTCQ

Correlation with LTCQ-8

LTCQ

65.10 (23.04, 0.70, 63.7–66.5)

0–100

0.97***

LTCQ-8

65.01 (25.13, 0.74, 63.6–66.5)

0–100

0.97***

EQ-5D-5L

0.62 (0.33, 0.01, 0.60–0.63)

− 0.28–1.00

0.82***

0.80***

EQ-VAS

62.40 (24.65, 0.72, 61.0–63.8)

0–100

0.79***

0.77***

Lorig self-efficacy scale

6.22 (2.71, 0.08, 6.1–6.4)

1–10

0.87***

0.84***

Activities of daily living

4.98 (4.76, 0.14, 4.7–5.3)

0–13

− 0.79***

− 0.77***

Bayliss burden of morbidity

16.44 (13.10, 0.38, 15.7–17.2)

0–150

− 0.64***

− 0.61***

  1. ***Correlation is significant at p < 0.001 (2-tailed)