Table 5.
Internal consistency of the tool (n = 34)
| Domains and items of SCNS-SF34 | Scale Mean if Item Deleted | Scale Variance if Item Deleted | Corrected Item-Total Correlation | Cronbach’s Alpha if Item Deleted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical daily living | ||||
| 1. Pain | 11.53 | 17.651 | 0.275 | 0.907 |
| 2. Lack of energy/tiredness | 11.50 | 15.167 | 0.615 | 0.898 |
| 3. Feeling unwell a lot of the time | 11.35 | 13.316 | 0.727 | 0.897 |
| 4. Work around the home | 11.06 | 13.027 | 0.748 | 0.897 |
| 5. Not being able to carry on the regular tasks, which you used to | 11.18 | 14.392 | 0.780 | 0.898 |
| Cronbach’s Alpha, physical daily living | 0.899 | |||
| Psychological | ||||
| 6. Anxiety | 28.26 | 37.413 | 0.672 | 0.916 |
| 7. Feeling depressed | 28.62 | 39.213 | 0.560 | 0.924 |
| 8. Feeling sad | 28.32 | 37.013 | 0.757 | 0.910 |
| 9. Fear of spreading the cancer | 28.00 | 37.091 | 0.821 | 0.906 |
| 10. The tension that health condition will be beyond control after the treatment | 28.12 | 37.986 | 0.814 | 0.907 |
| 11. Uncertainty about future | 28.09 | 37.598 | 0.731 | 0.912 |
| 12. The feeling of being yourself under control of the situation | 28.03 | 39.242 | 0.737 | 0.912 |
| 13. Maintaining positive thinking | 28.24 | 39.701 | 0.672 | 0.916 |
| 14. Feeling the tension of death and dying | 27.97 | 37.484 | 0.760 | 0.910 |
| Cronbach’s Alpha, psychological | 0.921 | |||
| Sexuality | ||||
| 15. Changes in sexual experiences | 5.79 | 9.441 | 0.931 | 0.906 |
| 16. Changes in your sexual relation | 5.82 | 9.544 | 0.929 | 0.908 |
| 31. Providing information about sexual relation | 5.50 | 8.924 | 0.845 | 0.976 |
| Cronbach’s Alpha, sexuality | 0.951 | |||
| Patient care support | ||||
| 17. Worry about your loved one | 15.53 | 15.166 | 0.418 | 0.899 |
| 18. Many alternatives about choosing doctors/experts of cancer for treatment | 15.76 | 12.367 | 0.531 | 0.897 |
| 19. Many alternatives about choosing the hospital for treatment | 16.00 | 12.182 | 0.566 | 0.897 |
| 20. Assurance from health worker that whatever you are experiencing /thinking is normal | 16.32 | 14.044 | 0.573 | 0.897 |
| 21. Hospital staff attending promptly to your physical problems/needs. | 16.41 | 13.704 | 0.450 | 0.899 |
| 22. Awareness and sensitivity of hospital staff to your feelings and emotional aspects and needs | 16.59 | 14.856 | 0.376 | 0.900 |
| Cronbach’s Alpha, patient care support | 0.898 | |||
| Health system information | ||||
| 23. Giving information about the important aspect of your treatment and care in written form | 30.03 | 34.939 | 0.471 | 0.842 |
| 24. Giving written information, diagrams and other clear information regarding ideas to manage the disease, its symptoms and side effects at home. | 30.03 | 31.996 | 0.779 | 0.813 |
| 25. Sharing the treatment and investigation reports with you, which you were interested to know | 30.44 | 35.163 | 0.541 | 0.835 |
| 26. Giving adequate information about the treatment that you choose, its side effects before starting the treatment | 30.56 | 33.890 | 0.641 | 0.826 |
| 27. Sharing the reports of your tests/investigation with you soon as far as time allows | 30.68 | 36.225 | 0.436 | 0.844 |
| 28. Giving information about the status of cancer, its minimization or control | 30.26 | 36.988 | 0.404 | 0.846 |
| 29. Giving information about the things that you can do yourself to improve your health | 30.53 | 36.681 | 0.452 | 0.842 |
| 30. Availability of professional counseling (like a psychologist, social worker, nurse specialist) to you or your family or your friends and relatives whenever needed | 29.91 | 33.840 | 0.604 | 0.830 |
| 32. Being treated humanely and generously not only as a patient | 31.00 | 37.758 | 0.468 | 0.841 |
| 33. Friendly structure/ environment in a hospital or clinic as far as possible | 30.88 | 38.955 | 0.394 | 0.824 |
| 34. Easy availability of one staff from hospital with whom you can talk about your condition, treatment and follow up | 30.38 | 34.122 | 0.672 | 0.899 |
| Cronbach’s Alpha, health system information | 0.848 | |||
| Composite Cronbach’s Alpha) | 0.902 |
Reliability was evaluated using Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient. Item wise Cronbach’s alpha more than 0.7 was accepted