Table 4.
Internal consistency of the questionnaires’ subscales using Cronbach Alpha
Subscale | Factor | Mauchly’s Sphericity P | Interaction between Factor and Time P | Overall Effect of Factor P |
SF-36 Physical | Treatment | 0.013 | 0.216* | 0.428 |
Gender | 0.013 | 0.558* | 0.776 | |
Age | 0.002 | 0.011* | 0.605 | |
Educational Level | 0.012 | 0.222* | 0.863 | |
Marital Status | 0.017 | 0.754* | 0.085 | |
Residence | 0.011 | 0.479* | 0.529 | |
Smoking | 0.003 | 0.108* | 0.419 | |
Alcohol | 0.012 | 0.015* | 0.89 | |
SF-36 Mental | Treatment | 0.023 | 0.06* | 0.83 |
Gender | 0.009 | 0.265* | 0.379 | |
Age | 0.012 | 0.241* | 0.822 | |
Educational Level | 0.022 | 0.237* | 0.785 | |
Marital Status | 0.021 | 0.502* | 0.203 | |
Residence | 0.006 | 0.291* | 0.455 | |
Smoking | 0.007 | 0.816* | 0.641 | |
Alcohol | 0.006 | 0.02* | 0.156 | |
STAI-Y1 | Treatment | 0.051 | 0.059 | 0.253 |
Gender | 0.016 | 0.4* | 0.872 | |
Age | 0.025 | 0.84* | 0.307 | |
Educational Level | 0.043 | 0.811* | 0.60 | |
Marital Status | 0.025 | 0.758* | 0.962 | |
Residence | 0.006 | 0.117* | 0.672 | |
Smoking | 0.027 | 0.802* | 0.707 | |
Alcohol | 0.017 | 0.011* | 0.071 | |
STAI-Y2 | Treatment | 0.305 | 0.157 | 0.798 |
Gender | 0.341 | 0.71 | 0.809 | |
Age | 0.398 | 0.446 | 0.22 | |
Educational Level | 0.398 | 0.229 | 0.763 | |
Marital Status | 0.301 | 0.799 | 0.596 | |
Residence | 0.291 | 0.377 | 0.346 | |
Smoking | 0.516 | 0.202 | 0.828 | |
Alcohol | 0.179 | 0.003 | 0.198 |
*Greenhouse-Geisser correction applied.