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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 9.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Oct 15;57(7):1296–1302. doi: 10.1002/art.23017

Table 4. Descriptive and test–retest statistics for the 8 subscales of the Vasculitis Self-Management Scale at times 1 and 2*.

Time 1
Time 2
Test–retest statistics
n Mean ± SD α n Mean ± SD α Mean ± SD
difference
Pearson’s
r
ICC
(3,1)
Medication adherence 191 4.5 ± 0.54 0.77 43 4.6 ± 0.52 0.87 0.06 ± 0.44 0.60 0.61
Health services adherence 202 4.6 ± 0.63 0.78 44 4.6 ± 0.58 0.73 −0.01 ± 0.51 0.56 0.54
Infection avoidance adherence 142 3.7 ± 0.79 0.85 33 3.9 ± 0.73 0.84 0.22 ± 0.54 0.67 0.69
Diet adherence 154 3.6 ± 0.76 0.76 34 3.6 ± 0.73 0.71 −0.16 ± 0.59 0.65 0.60
Exercise adherence 125 3.2 ± 1.02 0.94 29 2.8 ± 0.94 0.96 −0.22 ± 0.67 0.79 0.75
Symptom monitoring adherence 133 3.8 ± 0.97 0.91 29 3.5 ± 1.07 0.94 −0.20 ± 0.92 0.68 0.63
Reporting symptoms and side effects 177 3.2 ± 1.08 0.90 40 3.1 ± 1.02 0.86 −0.11 ± 0.70 0.76 0.76
Adjusting activities 185 3.4 ± 0.64 0.67 40 3.5 ± 0.62 0.71 0.10 ± 0.42 0.77 0.76
*

ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient.

P < 0.001.

P < 0.05.