Table 4. Analysis of internal consistency between PMS-BR ^* items. Brazil, 2023.

Item	Correlation between total score and item	Value of α if the item is excluded
1	0.508	0.687
2	0.474	0.693
3	0.525	0.68
4	0.443	0.7
5	0.544	0.677
6	0.161	0.764
7	0.485	0.69

^*PMS-BR = Brazilian Pearlin Mastery Scale.