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. 2019 Jul 1;20:e100. doi: 10.1017/S1463423619000343

Table 2.

Results of WHO-5 item analyses, internal consistency, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in adults and older adults

Adults ( < 65 years of age) (n = 940) Older Adults (65 and over) (n = 812)
WHO-5 items Cor.(a) C.Alpha(b) FacL(c) Cor.(a) C.Alpha(b) FacL (c)
1. I have felt cheerful and in good spirits 0.69 0.75 0.83 0.70 0.82 0.83
2. I have felt calm and relaxed 0.67 0.76 0.82 0.68 0.82 0.81
3. I have felt active and vigorous 0.72 0.74 0.85 0.73 0.81 0.85
4. I woke up feeling fresh and rested 0.61 0.78 0.77 0.70 0.82 0.81
5. My daily life has been filled with things that interest me 0.36 0.85 0.50 0.55 0.86 0.69
Overall Cronbach’s Alpha value 0.81 0.86
Exploratory Factor Analyses (EFA)
KMO 0.83 0.82
Bartlett’s sphericity test 0.000 0.000
Cumulative exploratory variance percentage %58.5 %63.9
Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA)
Chi-square/DF 6.0 23.3
RMSEA 0.073 0.166
CFI 0.989 0.956
NFI 0.986 0.954
GFI 0.987 0.946
Stand RMR 0.021 0.043
Item analyses of the CFA

(a) Item total correlations corrected for overlap; (b) If item deleted Alpha values; (c) Factor loadings generated by Principal Components Analyses; KMO: Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy, RMSEA: Root Mean Square Error of Approximation, CFI: Comparative Fit Index, NFI: Normed Fit Index, GFI: Goodness of Fit Index, Stand.RMR: Standardized Root Mean Square Residual.