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Table 3 Fit statistics and Cronbach’s alpha of the dimensions of the COS-CRC

From: Consequences of screening in colorectal cancer (COS-CRC): development and dimensionality of a questionnaire

Dimensions (number of items)

CLR-χ2(a)

Degrees of freedom

P

Cronbach’s alpha

Part I

Sense of dejection (6)

33.1

17

0.011

0.923

Anxiety (7)

16.9

20

0.661

0.920

Behaviour (7)

15.7

20

0.736

0.905

Sleep (4)

15.1

11

0.178

0.894

Introvert (5)

37.5

17

0.003*

0.886

Introvert (4) after deletion of item 26

6.3

14

0.959

0.876

Change in body perception (3)

2.4

8

0.965

0.900

Fear & Powerlessness (4)

5.0

11

0.933

0.892

Change in perception of own age (2)

0.5

5

0.994

0.788

Emotional reactions (3)

10.1

8

0.260

0.797

Emotional reactions (2) after deletion of item 41

0.0

4

1.000

0.873

Emotional reactions with item 41 split for diagnosis

17.1

22

0.757

0.797

Life-style changes (2)

0.4

5

0.996

0.741

Sexuality (2)

31.6

5

0.000*

0.906

Part Ix

Perceived burden of bowel preparation (7)

18.3

20

0.564

0.886

Perceived burden of bowel preparation (6) after deletion of item 53

19.6

17

0.295

0.891

Knowledge of having colorectal polyps (2)

1.8

5

0.879

0.890

Negative colonoscopy experiences (9)

30.6

26

0.245

0.896

Negative physical colonoscopy experiences (3)

3.9

8

0.867

0.892

Negative emotional colonoscopy experiences (5)

13.3

14

0.502

0.918

Part II

Social relations (3)

0.8

5

0.978

0.808

Relaxed/calm (3)

0.0

5

1.000

0.733

Impulsivity (6)

5.0

11

0.934

0.887

Existential values (6)

6.4

11

0.846

0.863

Existential values (5) after deletion of item 11

18.3

9

0.032

0.851

Existential values (6) with item 11 split for age

11.0

15

0.750

0.863

Existential values (6) super item 10 and 11

7.5

14

0.914

0.863

Empathy (3)

12.4

5

0.029

0.833

  1. aCLR-χ2: Andersen’s conditional likelihood ratio test
  2. *Benjamini–Hochberg rejects all p-values less than 0.0037 to control the FDR at 0.05