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. 2018 Jul 7;17:92. doi: 10.1186/s12904-018-0342-0

Table 7.

Reliability coefficients

Scale Items Internal consistencyb Test-retest reliabilityd
Interval = one dayf
n Test-retest reliabilityd
interval = one weekg
n
1. Psychosomatic symptom complex 4 .67 .88 741 .66 513
2. Gastrointestinal symptom complex 2 .67 .72 741 .37 514
3. Respiratory symptom complex 2 .41 .87 741 .67 513
4. Sweatinga 1 - .79 739 .30 506
5. Paina 1 - .55 736 .30 512
6. Itchinga 1 - .81 741 .53 513
Sum scoree 11 .53 .83 741 .55 784

aSingle item scales, no analyses of internal consistency performed

bCronbach's alpha

drs Spearman’s rank correlation; all p-values <.001

eSplit-half-reliability: rs = .69; p < .001

fInterval of one-day time points: t7_1 (day 7, measure 1 (morning)) and t7_3 (day 7, measure 3 (evening))

gInterval of one-week time points: t1_3 (day 1, measure 3 (evening)) and t7_3 (day 7, measure 3 (evening))