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. 2021 Oct 18;19:243. doi: 10.1186/s12955-021-01880-z

Table 3.

Rating scale category statistics

Rating scale Frequency 47 ADL-I items (n = 2138) Frequency 31 ADL-I items (n = 2098)
Category measure Category threshold* Calibration threshold Outfit MnSq Category measure Category threshold* Calibration threshold Outfit MnSq
0 Unable 9110 − 1.75 None None 1.64 5904 − 2.06 None None 1.36
1 Help/safety 7421 − 0.54 1.21 − 0.10 1.10 6033 − 0.66 1.40 − 0.55 1.11
2 Time/effort 20,114 0.44 0.98 − 0.46 1.01 16,122 0.53 1.19 − 0.46 0.95
3 Competent 55,454 1.89 1.45 0.56 0.99 35,227 2.26 1.73 1.01 1.00

Bold text indicates threshold disordering. Italic text indicates low category thresholds.

*Category threshold values represent the distance between category measures