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. 2020 Mar 5;11:209. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00209

TABLE 5.

Content validity – agreement between members of the expert panel.

Language clarity Completeness Relevance Scaling
Part A
I-CVI >0.78 25 of 33 Items 21 of 33 Items 32 of 33 Items 31 of 33 Items
S-CVI/Ave 0.89 0.84 0.96 0.86
Total agreement (%) 16.00 (48.48%) 6.00 (18.18%) 23.00 (69.70%) 0.00 (0%)
Part B
I-CVI >0.78 18 of 25 Items 16 of 25 Items 24 of 25 Items 24 of 25 Items
S-CVI/Ave 0.89 0.85 0.98 0.96
Total agreement (%) 9.00 (36%) 5 (20%) 21.00 (84%) 17.00 (68%)

I-CVI = Item – content validity index (Acceptable – ≥0.78) (Polit and Beck, 2006). S-CVI/Ave = scale – content validity index average (Acceptable – ≥0.8) (LindseyDavis, 1992; Grant and Davis, 1997; Polit and Beck, 2006). Total agreement- I-CVI = 1. Universal agreement for all 4 criteria for PART A = 4 of 33 Items. Universal agreement for all 4 criteria for PART B = 6 of 25 Items.