TABLE 2.

The descriptive statistics and the reliability parameters of the instruments used in this study.

Instruments	M	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis	Cronbach’s alpha	McDonald’s omega
					coefficients (90% CI)	coefficient (90% CI)
ASI-3 (N = 815)	13.659	11.766	1.075	0.779
Physical concerns	3.993	4.488	0.990	0.082	0.936 (0.930–0.942)	0.902 (0.890–0.914)
Social concerns	5.371	5.221	0.960	0.378	0.924 (0.917–0.930)	0.885 (0.871–0.899)
Cognitive concerns	4.296	4.474	1.228	1.253	0.935 (0.929–0.941)	0.898 (0.885–0.911)
HAMA (N = 604)	10.320	5.271	0.170	–0.227	0.774 (0.751–0.796)	0.733 (0.715–0.752)
CESD (N = 428)	19.923	10.099	–0.051	–1.096	0.683 (0.646–0.719)	0.783 (0.766–0.799)

ASI-3, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3; HAMA, Hamilton Anxiety Scale; CESD, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.