Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of treatment expectation items and scale scores (N = 171)
| M | SD | Range | rit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How logical does this treatment seem to you? | 8.22 | 1.78 | 2–10 | .59 |
| How confident are you that this treatment will help you manage your osteoarthritis? | 7.29 | 1.83 | 2–10 | .79 |
| How successful do you think the treatment will be in helping you to control and decrease your osteoarthritis pain? | 7.11 | 1.85 | 2–10 | .76 |
| How helpful do you think the nurse will be? | 8.39 | 1.62 | 2–10 | .66 |
| How confident would you be in recommending this treatment to a friend who has arthritis? | 8.18 | 1.83 | 1–10 | .65 |
| Overall scale scores | 7.84 | 1.44 | 3.4–10 |
Note: rit = item-total correlation. Overall scale scores were created by averaging the responses to the five items.