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Table 2 Test-retest reliability and internal consistency (N = 171)

From: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Mental Health Quality of Life (MHQoL) questionnaire in a Chinese-speaking population with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Item

 

ICC (95%CI)

Corrected item-total correlation

Cronbach’s α if the item was deleted

MHQoL-7D

1-Self-image

0.960(0.946 ~ 0.971, P < 0.01)

0.669

0.813

2-Independence

0.948(0.929 ~ 0.962, P < 0.01)

0.702

0.810

3-Mood

0.961(0.947 ~ 0.971, P < 0.01)

0.716

0.804

4-Relationships

0.940(0.919 ~ 0.956, P < 0.01)

0.690

0.808

5-Daily activities

0.923(0.897 ~ 0.943, P < 0.01)

0.774

0.791

6-Physical health

0.872(0.829 ~ 0.904, P < 0.01)

0.602

0.820

7-Future

0.949(0.931 ~ 0.962, P < 0.01)

0.762

0.793

Total

0.971(0.961 ~ 0.979, P < 0.01)

MHQoL-VAS

0.988(0.984 ~ 0.991, P < 0.01)

  1. ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient; CI: confidence interval; MHQoL: Mental Health Quality of Life Questionnaire; VAS: Visual Analog Scale