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. 2018 Oct 10;15(10):2205. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15102205

Table 2.

Results of reliability, test–retest and systematic differences of the Spanish Podiatry Health Questionnaire (PHQ-S) according to each domain.

PHQ-S Test
n = 52
Retest
n = 52
Reliability Test
Domain Mean ± SD
(CI 95%)
Item–Total Correlation α if Item Removed Mean ± SD
(CI 95%)
Item–Total Correlation α if Item Removed ICC (IC 95%) p-Value * SEM %SEM MDC %CV
Walking 1.71 ± 0.66
(1.52–1.89)
0.81 ** 0.75 1.71 ± 0.66
(1.52–1.89)
0.83 ** 0.76 0.93
(0.87–0.96)
1.000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hygiene 1.21 ± 0.49
(1.07–1.35)
0.73 ** 0.769 1.23 ± 0.50
(1.09–1.36)
0.72 ** 0.79 0.93
(0.88–0.96)
0.317 0.00 0.30 0.01 1.15
Nail care 1.50 ± 0.64
(1.32–1.67)
0.67 ** 0.79 1.53 ± 0.69
(1.34–1.73)
0.66 ** 0.81 0.93
(0.88–0.96)
0.414 0.00 0.36 0.01 1.40
Foot pain 1.94 ± 0.69
(1.75–2.12)
0.81 ** 0.757 1.96 ± 0.63
(1.79–2.13)
0.77 ** 0.78 0.91
(0.85–0.95)
0.705 0.00 0.21 0.01 0.72
Worry and concern 1.73 ± 0.71
(1.53–1.93)
0.50 ** 0.84 1.69 ± 0.61
(1.52–1.86)
0.58 ** 0.83 0.90
(0.83–0.94)
0.480 0.00 0.50 0.02 1.65
Quality of life 1.55 ± 0.66
(1.37–1.74)
0.75 ** 0.77 1.61 ± 0.69
(1.42–1.80)
0.78 ** 0.78 0.871
(0.775–0.92)
0.366 0.01 0.96 0.04 2.68
Total 9.85 ± 2.7
(9.11–10.59)
N/A N/A 9.87 ± 2.75
(9.13–10.61)
N/A N/A 0.99
(0.96–0.98)
0.567 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14
Total Cronbach α test: 0.81 Total Cronbach α retest: 0.82
VAS 6.31 ± 2.56
(5.60–7.03)
−0.50 ** 6.34 ± 2.22
(5.72–6.96)
−0.39 ** 0.86
(0.77–0.91)
0.834 0.03 0.54 0.09 1.46

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; CI 95%, confidence interval of 95%; CV, coefficient of variation; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; N/A, not applicable; * Wilcoxon signed-rank test; ** p-value < 0.001 (in bold); values are expressed as lower–upper limits of the 95% confidence interval.