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. 2012 Sep 26;10:120. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-120

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).