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Table 2 Item performance of the SCQ in a sample of acute hospital staff in Australia

From: Stress of Conscience Questionnaire (SCQ): exploring dimensionality and psychometric properties at a tertiary hospital in Australia

Item

Mean

SD

skewness

Kurtosis

Floor/ceiling effect %

Corrected item-total correlation

Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted

Mean of index scores

SD of index scores

Corrected item-total correlation index scores

Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted on index scores

Factor loading index scores

1A How often do you lack the time to provide the care the patient needs?

3.68

1.50

− 1.065

.126

4.8/39.4

.54

.81

13.95

7.40

.60

.82

.706

1B Does this give you a troubled conscience?

3.57

1.34

− 1.278

1.501

2.2/10.5

.50

.82

     

2A Are you ever forced to provide care that feels wrong?

1.33

1.43

.779

− .545

40.9/2.9

.55

.81

5.21

6.32

.56

.82

.669

2B Does this give you a troubled conscience?

2.53

1.92

− .178

− 1.587

14.9/5.4

.47

.83

     

3A Do you ever have to deal with incompatible demands in your work?

2.94

1.62

− .420

− 1.014

10.9/17.4

.61

.80

10.48

7.92

.63

.81

.729

3B Does this give you a troubled conscience?

3.15

1.50

− .714

− .468

3.3/6.5

.57

.82

     

4A Do you ever see patients being insulted and/or injured?

0.60

.95

1.699

2.651

61.6/0.4

.34

.83

2.16

3.74

.44

.83

.551

4B Does this give you a troubled conscience?

2.13

2.06

.484

− 1.530

20.3/9.1

.55

.82

     

5A Do you ever find yourself avoiding patients or family members who need help or support?

1.02

1.41

1.095

− .030

51.8/1.4

.51

.81

3.63

5.60

.38

.82

.681

5B Does this give you a troubled conscience?

2.18

1.73

.223

− 1.595

15.9/5.1

.59

.81

     

6A Is your private life ever so demanding that you don’t have the energy to devote yourself to your work as you would like?

1.18

1.29

1.057

 1.602

36.2/2.5

.51

.81

3.68

5.14

.30

.83

.579

6B Does this give you a troubled conscience?

2.06

1.93

.233

− 1.411

16.7/2.5

.58

.81

     

7A Is your work in healthcare ever so demanding that you don’t have the energy to devote yourself to your family as you would like?

2.45

1.62

− .130

− 1.263

15.9/9.1

.66

.80

9.52

7.89

.47

.81

.755

7B Does this give you a troubled conscience?

3.25

1.69

− .668

− .961

4.4/9.4

.61

.81

     

8A Do you ever feel that you cannot live up to others’ expectations of your work?

1.89

1.55

.361

− 1.062

22.5/5.4

.57

.81

6.68

6.77

.43

.82

.670

8B Does this give you a troubled conscience?

2.75

1.74

− .318

− 1.292

8.7/5.8

.57

.81

     

9A Do you ever lower your aspirations to provide good care?

1.08

1.40

1.112

.346

47.8/3.3

.49

.82

3.55

5.69

.36

.83

.604

9B Does this give you a troubled conscience?

1.95

1.81

.394

.305

19.6/4.3

.49

.82

     
  1. SD standard deviations Index scores = Item A multiplied by Item B
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