Table 4.

Internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) and test-retest reliability (Bravais-Pearson coefficient) of the questionnaire

	Number of items	Alpha	R
Feeling of couple cohesion	5	0.91	0.85
Negative affectivity and apprehension about the future	6	0.84	0.80
Body image and sexuality	4	0.82	0.85
Career management	3	0.85	0.77
Deterioration of relationships with close relatives	5	0.76	0.80
Management of child(ren) and of everyday life	5	0.81	0.79
Financial difficulties	4	0.80	0.82
Sharing with close relatives	4	0.83	0.66

For the test-retest reliability, all the correlations are significant at p < 0.01, n = 116 patients for whom the period between T1 and T2 was less than or equal to 1 month