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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2009 JUL-SEP;23(3):275–284. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31819b02bc

Table 3.

Score Distribution and Internal Consistency for the ADRQL

Scales by Sample Type Observed Range Mean (SD) % Mina % Maxb Reliability (Cronbach’s alpha)
Total Sample of Diagnosed Persons
Original ADRQL
  Total Score 30.3 100.0 73.8 (15.5) <1.0 <1.0 .87
  Social Interaction 8.5 100.0 77.2 (20.2) <1.0 19.0 .83
  Awareness of Self 0 100.0 62.7 (25.3) <1.0 7.1 .79
  Feelings and Mood 18.7 100.0 76.9 (19.2) <1.0 12.9 .81
  Enjoyment of Activities 0 100.0 65.3 (28.7 5.8 21.6 .58
  Response to Surroundings 13.2 100.0 79.8 (17.6) <1.0 25.8 .56
  Revised ADRQL
  Total Score 21.6 100.0 73.5 (17.1) <1.0 1.0 .86
  Social Interaction 0 100.0 80.9 (23.2) <1.0 34.5 .83
  Awareness of Self 0 100.0 58.6 (31.4) 5.8 15.5 .79
  Feelings and Mood 15.2 100.0 76.6 (23.3) <1.0 25.5 .81
  Enjoyment of Activities 0 100.0 60.1 (32.0) 10.6 22.9 .61
  Response to Surroundings 0 100.0 83.6 (23.9) 1.6 57.7 .56
Subsamples of Diagnosed Persons by Setting (Revised ADRQL)
  Community
  Total Score 21.6 100.0 77.0 (16.5) 1.1 1.1 .87
  Social Interaction 7.9 100.0 84.3 (22.5) 1.1 36.8 .84
  Awareness of Self 0 100.0 64.3 (27.7) 4.6 14.9 .76
  Feelings and Mood 25.4 100.0 83.8 (20.7) 1.1 36.8 .81
  Enjoyment of Activities 0 100.0 57.8 (29.8) 10.3 16.1 .52
  Response to Surroundings 0 100.0 77.4 (24.9) 2.3 41.4 .44
  Assisted Living
  Total Score 33.2 100.0 78.2 (14.9) <1.0 1.1 .84
  Social Interaction 8.0 100.0 83.1 (21.0) <1.0 40.3 .81
  Awareness of Self 0 100.0 72.3 (25.2) <1.0 23.1 .71
  Feelings and Mood 18.3 100.0 78.0 (21.7) <1.0 26.9 .78
  Enjoyment of Activities 0 100.0 69.9 (29.3) 6.0 32.8 .56
  Response to Surroundings 0 100.0 83.8 (25.7) 2.2 61.9 .66
  Nursing Home
  Total Score 29.1 97.7 63.2 (16.5) 1.1 1.1 .79
  Social Interaction 0 100.0 74.2 (25.8) 2.2 23.6 .84
  Awareness of Self 0 100.0 32.5 (27.5) 14.6 4.5 .80
  Feelings and Mood 15.2 100.0 67.6 (25.2) 1.1 12.4 .81
  Enjoyment of Activities 0 100.0 47.7 (33.6) 18.0 14.6 .66
  Response to Surroundings 23.3 100.0 89.4 (18.1) 1.1 67.4 .41
a

% with lowest possible score (floor)

b

% with highest possible score (ceiling)

Sample sizes: total = 310; community = 87; assisted living = 134; nursing home = 89.