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. 2006 Oct 5;4:77. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-77

Table 3.

Internal consistency reliability coefficients (Cronbach's alpha).

PF RP BP GH EV SF RE MH

all survivors 0.95 0.91 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.79 0.86 0.84
Cancer Diagnosis
leukaemia 0.94 0.90 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.73 0.84 0.82
Hodgkin's disease 0.93 0.90 0.84 0.84 0.88 0.85 0.85 0.86
non-Hodgkin's 0.94 0.90 0.86 0.87 0.89 0.80 0.84 0.85
CNS 0.96 0.91 0.88 0.88 0.86 0.78 0.88 0.92
neuroblastoma 0.95 0.91 0.88 0.87 0.87 0.76 0.83 0.85
retinoblastoma 0.95 0.89 0.85 0.85 0.87 0.75 0.84 0.86
Wilms' tumour 0.93 0.90 0.86 0.87 0.87 0.81 0.86 0.85
bone tumour 0.93 0.91 0.89 0.85 0.88 0.83 0.91 0.85
soft tissue sarcoma 0.94 0.89 0.86 0.87 0.88 0.82 0.86 0.86
other 0.94 0.92 0.84 0.87 0.88 0.81 0.83 0.85
Sex
Males 0.95 0.90 0.85 0.86 0.87 0.78 0.85 0.83
Females 0.95 0.91 0.88 0.88 0.87 0.79 0.86 0.84
Age*
16–19 0.95 0.86 0.82 0.85 0.85 0.72 0.82 0.81
20–29 0.95 0.90 0.85 0.87 0.87 0.78 0.85 0.84
30–39 0.95 0.91 0.88 0.87 0.88 0.81 0.86 0.85
40–49 0.96 0.93 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.82 0.88 0.84
50+ 0.95 0.93 0.89 0.87 0.86 0.80 0.90 0.82
Age at diagnosis
0–3 0.95 0.90 0.86 0.87 0.87 0.77 0.85 0.83
4–7 0.95 0.90 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.76 0.85 0.84
8–11 0.95 0.91 0.87 0.87 0.88 0.81 0.87 0.84
12–16 0.95 0.92 0.87 0.87 0.88 0.82 0.87 0.85

*Age at questionnaire completion

PF: Physical Functioning; RP: Role-Limitation Physical; BP; Bodily Pain;

GH: General Health Perception; EV: Energy/Vitality; SF: Social Functioning;

RE: Role-Limitation Emotional: MH: Mental Health