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Table 6 Results from the psychometric analyses of part II of the COS-CRC

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

COS-CRC Part II: item order in the questionnaire

Subscales and misfit

Observed

Expected

Gamma sd

Probability of fit to the Rasch modela

Item difficulty

Single or ‘poor’ item

1. Broader aspects of life

Existential values after deletion of item 11

0.815

0.833

0.033

0.57423

− 0.50

 

1. Broader aspects of life

Existential values with item 11 split for age

0.820

0.844

0.030

0.41669

− 0.43

 

1. Broader aspects of life

Existential values super item 10 and 11

0.820

0.827

0.033

0.81774

− 0.51

 

2. Enjoyment of life

Existential values after deletion of item 11

0.827

0.816

0.038

0.77772

0.15

 

2. Enjoyment of life

Existential values with item 11 split for age

0.827

0.833

0.034

0.87726

0.21

 

2. Enjoyment of life

Existential values with super item 10 and 11

0.827

0.812

0.037

0.68256

0.07

 

3. Relaxed

Relaxed/calm

0.728

0.736

0.050

0.87581

0.05

 

4. Ability to listen to other people’s problems

Empathy

0.949

0.933

0.023

0.24502

0.26

 

5. Understand other people’s problems

Empathy

0.964

0.937

0.021

0.20138

− 0.37

 

6. Family relationships

Social relations

0.972

0.976

0.011

0.69000

− 1.60

 

7. Friend relationships

Social relations

0.980

0.977

0.012

0.77011

0.58

 

8. Other people relationships

Social relations

0.978

0.967

0.016

0.51007

1.02

 

9. Calm

Relaxed/calm

0.758

0.729

0.053

0.59002

0.91

 

10. Thoughts about future

Existential values after deletion of item 11

0.741

0.813

0.040

0.07193

0.27

 

10. Thoughts about future

Existential values with item 11 split for age

0.821

0.833

0.036

0.73595

0.34

 

10. Thoughts about future

Existential values with super item 10 plus 11

0.821

0.872

0.030

0.08849

0.45

 

11. Well-being

Existential values, misfit

0.828

0.829

0.038

0.98421

0.52

‘Poor item’

11. Well-being

Existential values with split for age

0.828

0.815

0.040

0.74393

Age =  < 61: 14.02

Age = 61–65: − 0.32

Age = 66–70: 14.02

Age =  > 70: 0.70

 

11. Well-being

Existential values with super item 10 plus 11

0.828

0.874

0.031

0.13929

0.06

 

12. Awareness of life

Existential values with deletion of item 11

0.855

0.818

0.038

0.32697

0.23

 

12. Awareness of life

Existential values, with item 11 split for age

0.854

0.833

0.034

0.53923

0.29

 

12. Awareness of life

Existential values with super item 10 and 11

0.854

0.813

0.037

0.26599

0.14

 

13. Value life

Existential values after deletion of item 11

0.868

0.827

0.035

0.24845

− 0.16

 

13. Value life

Existential values with item 11 split for age

0.862

0.839

0.032

0.48078

− 0.09

 

13. Value life

Existential values with super item 10 and 11

0.862

0.821

0.034

0.23802

− 0.21

 

14. Energy

Impulsivity

0.864

0.907

0.030

0.14298

0.31

 

15. Feel responsible for my family

Empathy

0.854

0.913

0.025

0.02108

0.11

 

16. Lived life to the full

Impulsivity

0.900

0.912

0.030

0.68793

− 0.45

 

17. Relieved

Relaxed/calm

0.726

0.753

0.047

0.56101

− 0.96

 

18. Being impulsive

Impulsivity

0.913

0.909

0.032

0.91435

0.70

 

19. Desire to venture into something new

Impulsivity

0.930

0.906

0.030

0.43608

− 0.26

 

20. Courage to venture into something risky

Impulsivity

0.940

0.914

0.031

0.40994

− 0.17

 

21. Done things that overstepped my bounds

Impulsivity

0.927

0.916

0.031

0.70756

− 0.13

 
  1. aBenjamini-Hochberg rejects all p-values < 0.0016 to control the FDR at 0.05 and < 0.0003 to control the FDR at 0.01
  2. * < 5% false discovery rate (FDR), ** < 1% FDR