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. 2013 Sep 22;13:229. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-229

Table 3.

Dimension characteristics of the SUMD

Dimension/index (number of items) M (SD) Missing values % Item-internal consistency (min-max) Item discriminant validity (min-max) Floor % Ceiling % Alpha* INFIT** (min-max)
Model 1 scoring: ‘not applicable’ = ‘0’
Awareness of disease (3)
55.3 (22.1)
0.13
0.81–0.90
0.32–0.44
4.5
17.1
0.83
0.86–1.15
Awareness of positive symptoms (3)
47.2 (27.2)
0.70
0.79–0.85
0.37–0.48
22.3
15.3
0.76
0.88–1.09
Awareness of negative symptoms (3)
47.5 (25.4)
0.53
0.81–0.87
0.31–0.44
16.8
11.3
0.80
0.87–1.12
Index (9)
50.0 (20.0)
0.45
NA***
NA***
NA***
NA***
0.85
NA***
Model 2 scoring: ‘not applicable’ = missing data
Awareness of disease (3)
56.20 (22.0)
1.6
0.82–0.93
0.43–0.70
48.2
17.1
0.87
0.73–1.39
Awareness of positive symptoms (3)
59.83 (19.6)
23.0
0.82–0.88
0.52–0.68
28.5
15.3
0.82
0.93–1.10
Awareness of negative symptoms (3)
57.45 (19.4)
15.5
0.85-0.90
0.43–0.67
35.2
11.4
0.85
0.81–1.14
Index (9) 57.83 (17.8) 13.4 NA*** NA*** NA*** NA*** 0.85 NA***

*Cronbach’s Alpha, **Rasch’s statistics, ***NA Not Applicable.

M (SD) mean (standard deviation); a higher score represents a higher level of unawareness.