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Table 3 Validation of pTESS and TESS

From: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a self-reporting tool to assess health-related quality of life for Egyptians with extremity bone sarcomas in childhood or adolescence

  

Lower extremity

Upper extremity

α a

IICb

ICCd

r-PedsQLe

p-value

α a

IICb

ICCd

r-PedsQLe

p-value

PTESS

0.94

0.33

 

0.65

<0.001

0.93

0.35

 

0.638f

<0.001

Modified pTESS

0.94

0.4c

0.824

0.75

<0.001

0.93

0.51c

0.834

0.64f

<0.001

TESS

0.92

0.3

 

0.551

<0.001

0.94

0.37

 

0.836

0.003

Modified TESS

0.93

0.54c

0.822

0.751

<0.001

0.94

0.49c

0.828

0.858

0.001

  1. aCronbach’s alpha- raw alpha was calculated for pTESS and TESS,—standardized alpha was calculated for Modified version of pTESS/TESS
  2. bThe Average Inter-Item Correlation coefficient
  3. c The IIC of mental domains only
  4. d Intraclass coefficient
  5. eCorrelation with PedsQL (Pearson correlation coefficient except f)
  6. f Spearman correlation coefficient