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Table 3 Internal consistency of children’s SOHO-5 scores (parent reported): Item total correlation coefficients and Cronbach’s Alpha

From: Cross cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Bengali version of the Scale of Oral Health Outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO-5)

Items

Item total correlation

Cronbach’s Alpha if item deleted

Difficulty eating

0.46

0.84

Difficulty speaking

0.48

0.85

Difficulty playing

0.49

0.85

Avoid smiling (due to pain)

0.57

0.89

Avoid smiling (due to appearance)

0.45

0.83

Difficulty sleeping

0.46

0.83

Self confidence

0.46

0.83

Standardized Cronbach’s alpha: 0.87

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