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Published in final edited form as: Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008 Apr 9;47(6):881–886. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken126

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for VSMS subscales^a, including mean frequency of performance of each self-management behaviour

	n	Mean (S.D.)	Cronbach’s α
Medication adherence	188	4.5 (0.54)^**	0.77
Adherence to recommended health services	199	4.6 (0.63)^**	0.79
Infection avoidance adherence	139	3.8 (0.79)	0.85
Diet adherence	151	3.6 (0.76)	0.78
Exercise adherence	123	3.1 (1.01)^†	0.94
Symptom monitoring adherence	131	3.8 (0.97)	0.91
Adjusting activities in response to fatigue and symptoms	182	3.4 (0.65)	0.67
Reporting symptoms and side-effects	174	3.2 (1.08)^†	0.90

Range of all eight VSMS subscales was 1–5.

^**

Statistically greater than all other types of self-management (P<0.0001).

^†

Statistically lower than all other types of self-management (P<0.05).