Table 1.
The English version of the Drug User Quality of Life Scale Scale Item Analysis and Reliability Data (n = 120)
| Response percentages | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Mean | Standard Deviation | Cronbach's Alpha if Item Deleted | |
| 1. | Being useful | 20 | 5 | 6.7 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 26.7 | 4.40 | 2.23 | 0.863 |
| 2. | Drugs | 31.7 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 20 | 5 | 3.3 | 21.7 | 3.52 | 2.31 | 0.874 |
| 3. | Drug treatment | 7.5 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 22.5 | 9.2 | 18.3 | 37.5 | 5.29 | 1.82 | 0.865 |
| 4. | Education | 16.7 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 25 | 9.2 | 12.5 | 19.2 | 4.13 | 2.08 | 0.867 |
| 5. | Family | 14.2 | 10 | 7.5 | 11.7 | 10 | 12.5 | 34.2 | 4.67 | 2.24 | 0.862 |
| 6. | Feeling Good | 22.5 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 15 | 16.7 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 3.82 | 2.11 | 0.853 |
| 7. | Friends | 16.7 | 5.8 | 14.2 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 21.7 | 4.26 | 2.10 | 0.861 |
| 8. | Harm reduction | 0.8 | 10.8 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 25 | 5 | 9.2 | 5.15 | 2.10 | 0.867 |
| 9. | Health | 20 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 15.8 | 15 | 3.96 | 2.12 | 0.858 |
| 10. | Health care | 5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 15 | 8.3 | 16.7 | 41.7 | 5.32 | 1.89 | 0.863 |
| 11. | Housing | 18.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 41.7 | 5.04 | 2.29 | 0.863 |
| 12. | Free choice | 5 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 20.8 | 11.7 | 18.3 | 30.8 | 5.05 | 1.83 | 0.858 |
| 13. | Leisure activities | 20.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 15 | 16.7 | 3.98 | 2.16 | 0.859 |
| 14. | Money | 29.2 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 17.5 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 3.33 | 2.08 | 0.864 |
| 15. | Neighborhood safety | 14.2 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 15 | 10.8 | 19.2 | 30 | 4.78 | 2.15 | 0.864 |
| 16. | Partner(s) | 20 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 37.5 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 23.3 | 4.09 | 2.12 | 0.865 |
| 17. | Community resources | 5 | 5 | 3.3 | 25 | 17.5 | 23.3 | 20.8 | 4.98 | 1.65 | 0.863 |
| 18. | Sex | 25.8 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 33.3 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 20 | 3.93 | 2.19 | 0.866 |
| 19. | Spirituality | 12.5 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 29.2 | 10 | 11.7 | 32.5 | 4.87 | 2.00 | 0.865 |
| 20. | Transportation | 12.5 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 17.5 | 27.5 | 4.67 | 2.09 | 0.866 |
| 21. | Sense of future | 12.5 | 7.5 | 12.5 | 19.2 | 11.7 | 15 | 21.7 | 4.42 | 2.02 | 0.857 |
| 22. | How other treat you | 8.3 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 20 | 7.5 | 27.5 | 19.2 | 4.68 | 1.91 | 0.856 |
*Rating scale: 1 = Very dissatisfied; 2 = Moderately dissatisfied; 3 = Slightly dissatisfied; 4 = neutral (neither dissatisfied nor satisfied); 5 = slightly satisfied, 6 = moderately satisfied, and 7 = very satisfied.