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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2016 Jun;54(6):e35–e42. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000056

Table 3.

IPQ-R Subscale α’s and Mean Scores among Treatment Groups on IPQ-R Subscales across 3 VA Sites

IPQ-R main components
and subscale information
Missing Alpha HEDIS Guideline-
Concordant Depression
Treatment vs. Others
N (%) α Yes (n=92) No (n=179)
M SD M SD
Identity (5 subscales)
  Lethargy (8 items) 0 0.84 2.14 0.54 2.40 0.63
  Depressed mood (5 items) 0 0.84 2.30 0.63 2.71 0.63
  Anxiety symptoms (5 items) 0 0.78 3.26 0.65 3.28 0.56
  GI/Somatic (4 items) 0 0.69 2.84 0.63 2.86 0.63
  Sexual (1 item) 9 (3.3) N/A 2.27 1.12 2.56 1.15
Cause (7 subscales)
  Stress (6 items) 3 (1.1) 0.81 2.62 0.79 2.85 0.84
  Family (5 items) 2 (0.7) 0.73 3.49 0.76 3.51 0.78
  Poor health (4 items) 2 (0.7) 0.74 3.45 0.99 3.38 0.94
  Environment (4 items) 2 (0.7) 0.75 4.10 0.69 3.82 0.83
  Risky behavior (4 items) 3 (1.1) 0.66 4.00 0.73 3.96 0.75
  Grief/loss (2 items) 2 (0.7) 0.71 3.55 1.13 3.45 1.14
  Overworked (1 item) 7 (2.6) N/A 3.70 1.04 3.73 1.11
Timeline (3 subscales)
  Acute (3 items) 3 (1.1) 0.65 2.33 0.48 2.48 0.55
  Chronic (3 items) 3 (1.1) 0.84 2.33 0.98 2.53 0.96
  Cyclical (3 items) 4 (1.5) 0.82 2.44 0.86 2.71 0.88
Cure/Control (3 subscales)
  Personal control (7 items) 4 (1.5) 0.85 2.75 0.71 2.88 0.65
  Treatment control (3 items) 4 (1.5) 0.84 2.60 0.69 2.87 0.73
  External control (4 items) 4 (1.5) 0.45 3.03 0.57 2.94 0.55
Consequence (1 scale, 5 items) 3 (1.1) 0.88 2.15 0.80 2.50 0.86
Coherence (1 scale, 5 items) 5 (1.8) 0.62 2.83 0.92 2.99 1.04
Emotional Response (1 scale, 5 items) 3 (1.1) 0.51 2.14 0.69 2.43 0.76