Table 4.

Item-total correlations, domain reliability, and ceiling effects

Domain	Item	Text	Item-total correlation	Reliability α (95% CI)	Ceiling effect n (%)
Urinary incontinence	1	How often have you leaked urine?	0.80	0.89 (0.86, 0.91)	78 (38%)
	2	Which of the following best describes your urinary control?	0.88
	3	How many pads or adult diapers per day did you usually use?	0.79
	4	Dripping or leaking urine	0.89
Urinary obstructive/irritative	5	Pain or burning on urination	0.60	0.58 (0.50, 0.65)	73 (36%)
	6	Bleeding with urination	0.40
	7	Weak urine stream or incomplete emptying	0.60
	8	Need to urinate frequently during the day	0.51
(None)	9	Overall, how big a problem has your urinary function been for you?
Bowel	10	Urgency to have a bowel movement	0.90	0.81 (0.78, 0.84)	128 (62%)
	11	Increased frequency of bowel movements	0.80
	12	Losing control of your stools	0.69
	13	Bloody stools	0.18
	14	Abdominal/pelvic/rectal pain	0.31
	15	Overall, how big a problem have your bowel habits been for you?	0.87
Sexual	16	Your ability to have an erection?	0.93	0.86 (0.83, 0.89)	0 (0%)
	17	Your ability to reach orgasm (climax)?	0.69
	18	How would you describe the usual quality of your erections?	0.88
	19	How would you describe the frequency of your erections?	0.88
	20	Overall how would you rate your ability to function sexually?	0.88
	21	Overall, how big a problem has your sexual function been?	0.22
Hormonal	22	Hot flashes	0.58	0.72 (0.67, 0.77)	74 (36%)
	23	Breast tenderness/enlargement	0.34
	24	Feeling depressed	0.53
	25	Lack of energy	0.70
	26	Change in body weight	0.74

CI: confidence interval.