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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2012 Nov-Dec;52(6):e153–e160. doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2012.11135

Table A.

Original # of Items Revised # of Items Reliability Statistics
Unit Level
Staffing Adequacy 4 3 α=.73
Job Level
General
 Cognitive 3 2 ρ=.35
 Volume 4 3 α=.82
Specific
 Production Responsibility 4 3 α=.90
 Monitoring 4 3 α=.73
Task Level
Patient Profile Review
 External Demands 4 4 α=.87
 Internal Demands 2 2 ρ=.81
Accuracy of Dispensing
External Demands 4 3 α=.85
Internal Demands 2 0 *
Counseling on a New Medication
External Demands 4 4 α=.90
Internal Demands 2 2 ρ=.88
Task Performance
Patient Profile Review 1 1
Accuracy of Dispensing 1 1
Counseling on a New Medication 1 1
*

No items loaded onto this construct

Note: Items assessed using a numbered 7-point scale ranging from 0 to 6 with the response category labels “not at all”(=1), “just a little”(=2), “a moderate amount”(=3), “pretty much”(=4), “quite a lot”(=5), and “a great deal,”(=6) as well as a “don't know”(=0) option.