Table 2.

Internal consistency of children’s SOHO-5 scores (self-reported): Item total correlation coefficients and Cronbach’s Alpha

Items	Item total correlation	Cronbach’s Alpha if item deleted
Difficulty eating	0.35	0.77
Difficulty drinking	0.40	0.80
Difficulty speaking	0.34	0.75
Difficulty playing	0.34	0.75
Avoid smiling (due to pain)	0.33	0.74
Avoid smiling (due to appearance)	0.39	0.79
Difficulty sleeping	0.34	0.75
Standardized Cronbach’s alpha: 0.79