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. 2024 Jun 24;15:1368525. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1368525

Table 2.

Summary of CTT results.

Reliability Construct validity Ability to detect change over time
Correlation with other COAs3 Standardized effect size3
Cronbach’s alpha ICC2 Item-to-Item correlation coefficients Item-to-Scale correlation coefficients MGC score QMG score MG ADL score MG II—total score MG QoL15r score Worsened patients Stable patients Improved patients
N=2001 N = 116 Range Range N = 13 N = 93 N = 78
Muscle weakness fatigability 0.89 0.88 0.35–0.94 0.58–0.71 0.56 0.41 0.68 0.42 0.71 0.31 −0.32 −1.04
Physical fatigue 0.97 0.89 0.48–0.94 0.61–0.89 0.38 0.36 0.49 0.38 0.68 0.30 −0.27 −0.86
Bulbar muscle weakness 0.91 0.83 0.37–0.93 0.55–0.75 0.57 0.26 0.57 0.29 0.53 0.08 −0.30 −0.70
Respiratory muscle weakness 0.88 0.81 0.80–0.86 0.71–0.79 0.41 0.32 0.54 0.28 0.59 0.32 −0.16 −0.49
Ocular muscle weakness 0.83 0.81 0.41–0.92 0.48–0.67 0.33 0.26 0.67 0.41 0.48 −0.05 −0.21 −0.55

1Ns for all scales = 200 except Bulbar Muscle Weakness, which is N = 197. 2Intraclass correlation coefficient between screening and baseline, among stable patients according to PGIS. 3Effect size for participants according to change in the PGIS at Day 29. ICC, Intraclass correlation coefficient; MGC, MG composite; QMG, Quantitative MG; MG-ADL, MG activities of daily living; MGII, MG impairment index-total score; MG QOL15r, MG quality of life 14-item revised.