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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2018 Aug 2;27(11):3003–3012. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1952-y

Table 5.

Reliability data for Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs; N = 130)

Pain Intensity
Day Observation
Total # of
observations 		1
r (SE)		 2
r (SE)		 3
r (SE)		 4
r (SE)		 5
r (SE)
1 555 0.60 (0.03) 0.74 (0.03) 0.80 (0.02) 0.83 (0.02) 0.85 (0.02)
2 549 0.75 (0.02) 0.85 (0.02) 0.89 (0.01) 0.91 (0.01) 0.92 (0.01)
3 524 0.82 (0.02) 0.89 (0.01) 0.92 (0.01) 0.94 (0.01) 0.94 (0.01)
4 541 0.86 (0.02) 0.92 (0.01) 0.94 (0.01) 0.95 (0.01) 0.96 (0.01)
5 533 0.88 (0.01) 0.93 (0.01) 0.95 (0.01) 0.96 (0.01) 0.97 (0.00)
6 529 0.90 (0.01) 0.94 (0.01) 0.96 (0.01) 0.97 (0.00) 0.97 (0.00)
7 507 0.91 (0.01) 0.95 (0.01) 0.96 (0.00) 0.97 (0.00) 0.98 (0.00)
Pain Interference
1 548 0.64 (0.04) 0.77 (0.03) 0.82 (0.03) 0.85 (0.02) 0.87 (0.02)
2 546 0.78 (0.03) 0.87 (0.02) 0.90 (0.02) 0.92 (0.01) 0.93 (0.01)
3 521 0.84 (0.02) 0.91 (0.02) 0.93 (0.01) 0.94 (0.01) 0.95 (0.01)
4 539 0.88 (0.02) 0.93 (0.01) 0.95 (0.01) 0.96 (0.01) 0.96 (0.01)
5 531 0.90 (0.02) 0.94 (0.01) 0.96 (0.01) 0.97 (0.01) 0.97 (0.01)
6 525 0.91 (0.01) 0.95 (0.01) 0.96 (0.01) 0.97 (0.01) 0.98 (0.00)
7 503 0.93 (0.01) 0.96 (0.01) 0.97 (0.01) 0.98 (0.00) 0.98 (0.00)

Note. Bolding indicates excellent reliability (i.e., reliability coefficient ≥ .90)