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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2012 Oct 27;22(7):1685–1696. doi: 10.1007/s11136-012-0296-2

Table 2.

Rater agreement, scale reliability coefficients, and correlation coefficients between the identified 10-item QWB-SA mental health scale and other measures

Samples Concurrent measures of validity
Discriminant
Measures
Cronbach’s
alpha
Mean
(S.D.)
SF-36 MH
componentb
SF-36
MH
Scaleb
EQ-5D
anxiety/
depression
Item
HUI2
emotion
scaleb
POMS
depression-
dejection
scalea
POMS
TMDa
SF-36
physical
componentb
SF-36
physical
functioning
scaleb
Sample 1 0.827 1.06 (1.74) −0.663** −0.698** 0.608** −0.631** −0.320** −0.389**
Sample 2 0.842 1.31 (1.83) −0.690** −0.723** 0.609** −0.591** 0.767** 0.768** −0.251** −0.354**
Samples Concurrent measures of validity
Discriminant measures
Cronbach’s
alpha
Mean
(S.D.)
IMR
management
scalec
Recovery
Markers
Questd
MHSIP
functioning
MHSIP
outcomes
MHSIP
social
IMR
recovery
scalec
IMR
substance
scalec
MHSIP
access
MHSIP
quality
of services
MHSIP
participation
Sample 3 0.908 2.52 (2.28) −0.248** −0.368** −0.397** −0.398** −0.373** −0.055 −0.051 −0.152** −0.106* −0.118**

Sample 1 n = 3,844, Sample 2 n = 535, Sample 3 n = 915

Overall agreement between raters ICC = 0.78

Absolute agreement between raters = 60%

*

p < 0.01;

**

p < 0.001

a

Scale score was calculated using normative-based weighted scoring

b

n = 164

c

n = 519

d

n = 405