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. 2017 May 8;19(5):e155. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6714

Table 5.

Loevinger’s scalability coefficients (H) for the 23-item and 21-item VCCQ (virtual care climate questionnaire) in Study 1 (N=230) and the 23-item and 19-item VCCQ in Study 2 (N=228).

No. Description Study 1 Study 2


23-item 21-item 23-item 19-item


Hi(SE)a Hi(SE) Hi(SE) Hi(SE)
1 VCCQ_choice 0.563 (0.043) 0.627 (0.045) 0.333 (0.037) 0.409 (0.042)b
2 VCCQ_understood 0.599 (0.034) 0.665 (0.035) 0.429 (0.028) 0.519 (0.031)b
3 VCCQ_honest 0.493 (0.047) 0.555 (0.050) 0.096 (0.045) Excluded
4 VCCQ_confidence 0.604 (0.033) 0.659 (0.035) 0.366 (0.034) 0.431 (0.038)
5 VCCQ_judgment 0.596 (0.036) 0.667 (0.037) 0.345 (0.035) 0.434 (0.039)b
6 VCCQ_knowledge 0.620 (0.032) 0.688 (0.032)b 0.394 (0.035) 0.463 (0.040)
7 VCCQ_answers 0.607 (0.031) 0.671 (0.032) 0.402 (0.033) 0.462 (0.037)
8 VCCQ_trust 0.615 (0.035) 0.686 (0.035) 0.402 (0.031) 0.479 (0.035)
9 VCCQ_questions 0.643 (0.029) 0.713 (0.029) 0.412 (0.032) 0.488 (0.035)
10 VCCQ_input 0.622 (0.032) 0.681 (0.033) 0.392 (0.036) 0.471 (0.040)
11 VCCQ_emotions 0.594 (0.034) 0.662 (0.034) 0.412 (0.032) 0.492 (0.035)
12 VCCQ_care 0.638 (0.028) 0.707 (0.028) 0.399 (0.033) 0.480 (0.037)
13 VCCQ_communication −0.011 (0.075) Excluded −0.043 (0.053) Excluded
14 VCCQ_see 0.604 (0.034) 0.651 (0.037) 0.398 (0.034) 0.478 (0.038)
15 VCCQ_feelings 0.560 (0.036) 0.610 (0.038) 0.270 (0.039) 0.320 (0.045)
16 VCCQ_stimulant 0.596 (0.037) 0.649 (0.040) 0.321 (0.039) 0.381 (0.045)
17 VCCQ_feedback 0.626 (0.035) 0.685 (0.036) 0.360 (0.040) 0.406 (0.046)b
18 VCCQ_steering 0.511 (0.054) 0.548 (0.059) 0.151 (0.051) Excluded
19 VCCQ_effective 0.638 (0.032) 0.691 (0.035) 0.406 (0.035) 0.473 (0.040)
20 VCCQ_way 0.654 (0.028) 0.719 (0.029) 0.402 (0.036) 0.486 (0.039)
21 VCCQ_idea 0.576 (0.040) 0.648 (0.041) 0.318 (0.041) 0.363 (0.045)
22 VCCQ_use 0.610 (0.042) 0.678 (0.045) 0.353 (0.038) 0.417 (0.043)
23 VCCQ_must 0.195 (0.077) Excluded −0.003 (0.054) Excluded

Scale H (SE) H (SE) H (SE) H (SE)

VCCQ 0.547 (0.029) 0.660 (0.029) 0.321 (0.027) 0.445 (0.030)

aSE: standard error.

bItem was excluded based on violation of the IIO assumption.