Table 5.
ACTS Burdens and Benefits scales – EINSTEIN DVT dataset: item convergent/discriminant validity
|
Item |
EINSTEIN DVT (N=1336) |
|
|---|---|---|
| ACTS Burdens scale | ACTS Benefits scale | |
|
ACTS Burdens |
|
|
| Q1 Bleeding/vigorous activities |
0.50 |
0.06 |
| Q2 Bleeding/usual activities |
0.50 |
0.14 |
| Q3 Bruising |
0.45 |
0.13 |
| Q4 Avoid other medicines |
0.39 |
0.12 |
| Q5 Limit eat/drink |
0.46 |
0.10 |
| Q6 Hassle/daily |
0.60 |
0.17 |
| Q7 Hassle/occasional |
0.57 |
0.15 |
| Q8 Difficult to follow your ACT |
0.52 |
0.16 |
| Q9 Time-consuming ACT |
0.43 |
0.15 |
| Q10 Worry about ACT |
0.56 |
0.18 |
| Q11 Frustrating ACT |
0.61 |
0.17 |
| Q12 Burden of ACT |
0.65 |
0.16 |
|
ACTS Benefits |
|
|
| Q14 Confident in ACT |
0.13 |
0.71 |
| Q15 Reassured by ACT |
0.17 |
0.80 |
| Q16 Satisfied with ACT | 0.26 | 0.69 |
ACT anticoagulation treatment, ACTS Anti-Clot Treatment Scale.
Values refer to correlations of items to their own scale (corrected-item total correlations) and other scales (Pearson’s r correlations).