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Table 7 Cronbachs α in each scale by instrument

From: Translation and adaptation of the German version of the Veterans Rand—36/12 Item Health Survey

Instrument (nb)

Scale (number of items)

PF (10)

RP (4)

BP (2)

GHa (5)

VT (4)

SF (2)

RE (3)

MH (5)

VR-36 (n = 164)

0.92

0.93

0.89

0.79

0.85

0.87

0.94

0.87

SF-36 (n = 172)

0.92

0.85

0.88

0.70

0.82

0.80

0.89

0.90

  1. aWithout GH item 1 αVR-36 = 0.75, αSF-36 = 0.66
  2. bDue to missing values, n varies between n = 158 and n = 164 (of n = 169) for the VR-36 and n = 159 to n = 172 (of n = 174) for the SF-36
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