Table 1.
Performance of Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale (HP-CSS) and related normative data.
| Item | Min | Max | M (SD) | Skewness | Kurtosis | Floor Effect n (%) |
Ceiling Effect n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item 1 | 3 | 6 | 5.73 (0.50) | −1.84 | 3.52 | 1 (0.34) | 220 (75.60) |
| Item 2 | 1 | 6 | 4.65 (1) | −0.52 | 0.33 | 2 (0.69) | 62 (21.31) |
| Item 3 | 3 | 6 | 5.61 (0.61) | −1.38 | 1.23 | 1 (0.34) | 195 (67.01) |
| Item 4 | 3 | 6 | 5.69 (0.52) | −1.52 | 2.25 | 1 (0.35) | 207 (71.13) |
| Item 5 | 3 | 6 | 5.29 (0.72) | −0.66 | −0.27 | 3 (1.03) | 127 (43.64) |
| Item 6 | 2 | 6 | 5.40 (0.82) | −1.50 | 2.20 | 2 (0.69) | 163 (56.01) |
| Item 7 | 1 | 6 | 4.24 (1.04) | −0.27 | −0.15 | 2 (0.69) | 32 (10.99) |
| Item 8 | 2 | 6 | 4.76 (0.96) | −0.56 | −0.11 | 5 (1.72) | 67 (23.02) |
| Item 9 | 3 | 6 | 5.44 (0.69) | −1.13 | 1.16 | 5 (1.72) | 155 (53.26) |
| Item 10 | 1 | 6 | 3.74 (1.17) | −0.38 | −0.30 | 12 (4.12) | 12 (4.12) |
| Item 11 | 2 | 6 | 4.97 (0.98) | −0.79 | 0.14 | 5 (1.72) | 101 (34.71) |
| Item 12 | 2 | 6 | 5.35 (0.80) | −1.23 | 1.52 | 5 (0.69) | 151 (51.89) |
| Item 13 | 1 | 6 | 4.59 (0.99) | −0.47 | −0.02 | 1 (0.34) | 52 (17.89) |
| Item 14 | 4 | 6 | 5.87 (0.36 | −2.57 | 5.91 | 2 (0.69) | 254 (87.29) |
| Item 15 | 3 | 6 | 5.61 (0.57) | −1.26 | 1.18 | 1 (0.34) | 190 (65.29) |
| Item 16 | 1 | 6 | 3.74 (1.36) | −0.10 | −1.06 | 10 (3.44) | 25 (8.59) |
| Item 17 | 2 | 6 | 5.14 (0.83) | −0.78 | 0.29 | 1 (0.34) | 110 (37.80) |
| Item 18 | 1 | 6 | 4.15 (1.33) | −0.35 | −0.99 | 3 (1.03) | 45 (15.43) |
Note: M = Mean; SD = Standard deviation; Min = Minimum; Max = Maximum.