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. 2016 May 17;24:e2692. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.0167.2692

Table 3. - Analysis of the reliability of the Brazilian version of the Self-efficacy for Appropriate Medication Adherence Scale (n=147). Campinas, SP, Brazil, 2014.

SEAMS* - Domains Cronbach alpha Item/total correlation Alpha - If item deleted ICC CI95%
Self-efficacy for taking medications, under difficult circumstances 0.8 0.9 [0.7-0.9]
Item 1 0.5 0.8
Item 2 0.6 0.8
Item 3 0.7 0.8
Item 4 0.6 0.8
Item 6 0.6 0.8
Item 7 0.7 0.8
Item 8 0.6 0.8
Self-efficacy for continuing to take medications when the circumstances which permeate this act are uncertain 0.9 1.0 [0.9-1.0]
Item 5 0.5 0.9
Item 9 0.8 0.9
Item 10 0.8 0.9
Item 11 0.8 0.9
Item 12 0.8 0.9
Item 13 0.7 0.9
Total score 0.92

*Self-efficacy for Appropriate Medication Adherence Scale - SEAMS; † Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC); ‡confidence interval of 95%.