From: The contribution of illness perception to psychological distress in heart failure patients
 | Number of items | Alpha | Range | Mean (SD) | Median |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Timeline acute/chronic | 6 | .71 | 1 - 5 | 3.78 (.70) | 3.67 |
Timeline cyclical | 4 | .88 | 1 - 5 | 2.74 (.97) | 2.50 |
Consequences | 6 | .61 | 1 - 5 | 3.40(.66) | 3.50 |
Personal control | 6 | .69 | 1 - 5 | 3.41(.72) | 3.5 |
Treatment control | 5 | .36 | 1 - 5 | 3.42 (.44) | 3.4 |
Identity | 14 | .77 | 1 - 14 | 5.79(3.01) | 5.0 |
Illness coherence | 5 | .83 | 1 - 5 | 3.52 (.80) | 3.6 |
Emotional representations | 6 | .83 | 1 - 5 | 2.94 (.83) | 2.6 |