Table 1.

Mean, Standard Deviations, and Item-Total Correlations of the Rwandan BDI-II

Items	Mean	SD	Scale Mean if Item Deleted	Scale Variance if Item Deleted	Corrected Item-Total Correlation	Squared Multiple Correlation	Cronbach’s Alpha if Item Deleted
Sadness	0.94	0.71	15.42	86.6	0.61*	0.5	0.898
Pessimism	0.72	0.76	15.64	86.8	0.56*	0.49	0.899
Past failure	0.97	0.55	15.39	90.8	0.4*	0.34	0.902
Loss of pleasure	0.87	0.86	15.5	83.6	0.7*	0.58	0.895
Guilty feelings	0.25	0.58	16.12	89.7	0.5*	0.35	0.901
Punishment feeling	0.26	0.59	16.11	89.5	0.48*	0.45	0.901
Self-dislike	0.7	0.83	15.67	85.1	0.62*	0.5	0.897
Self-criticalness	0.28	0.54	16.1	89.9	0.49*	0.41	0.901
Suicidal thoughts or wishes	0.14	0.43	16.22	92.2	0.35*	0.27	0.903
Crying	0.78	0.91	15.58	86.3	0.48*	0.31	0.901
Agitation	0.73	0.84	15.64	84.2	0.67*	0.6	0.895
Loss of interest	0.33	0.61	16.04	89.6	0.45*	0.29	0.901
Indecisiveness	0.52	0.68	15.84	86.6	0.65*	0.58	0.897
Worthlessness	0.41	0.7	15.96	86.4	0.64*	0.551	0.897
Loss of energy	1.44	0.9	14.93	83	0.7*	0.64	0.895
Changes in sleeping pattern	1.75	1.04	14.62	84.86	0.49*	0.34	0.901
Irritability	0.48	0.73	15.89	86.8	0.58*	0.48	0.898
Changes in appetite	1.58	1.2	14.78	86.2	0.34*	0.21	0.908
Concentration difficulty	0.48	0.68	15.89	86.9	0.62*	0.52	0.898
Tiredness or fatigue	1.36	0.89	15.01	84.1	0.64*	0.62	0.896
Loss of interest in sex	1.4	1.12	14.97	83.9	0.48*	0.37	0.903

Notes: Concerning reliability analysis, the results indicated better Cronbach’s alpha for all items since all values for consistency are greater than the threshold recommended which is 0.7. About the item total correlations, the adequate levels of Cronbach’s alpha for all items were found since the values are greater than 0.3 which is the cutoff. *Statistically significant and correlated at p<0.001.

Abbreviation: SD: standard deviation.