Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of the German MHCCS-P
| Item | Original domain | N | Mean | SD | Variance | Skewness | Kurtosis | Item difficulty in % | Corrected item-total correlation* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My primary care team asks for my ideas when we make a plan for my care. | Plan of Care | 54 | 1.76 | 0.989 | 0.979 | 1.360 | 1.444 | 19.00 | 0.580 |
| My primary care team follows through with the care plan it creates with me. | 57 | 1.32 | 0.540 | 0.291 | 1.500 | 1.414 | 8.00 | 0.549 | |
| My primary care team helps me to plan ahead so I can take care of my health even when things change or unexpected things happen. | 59 | 1.29 | 0.696 | 0.485 | 3.349 | 13.914 | 7.25 | 0.341 | |
| Someone from the primary care team helps me set goals for taking care of my health. | 51 | 1.71 | 0.944 | 0.892 | 1.524 | 2.312 | 17.75 | 0.424 | |
| Someone in my primary care team asks me about what I need for support, e.g. with home care, equipment or transportation. | Link to Community Resources | 97 | 1.94 | 1.337 | 1.788 | 1.156 | < 0.001 | 23.50 | 0.860 |
| Someone in my primary care team gives me information about services offered at their practice or in my community, e.g. counselling centres, support groups and rehabilitation programmes. | 140 | 1.83 | 1.217 | 1.481 | 1.355 | 0.697 | 20.75 | 0.933 | |
| Someone in my primary care team encourages me to attend programs in my community that could help me, e.g. support or sports groups. | 154 | 2.08 | 1.331 | 1.772 | 0.934 | −0.430 | 27.00 | 0.813 | |
| I get the results of my lab tests in a timely manner. | Communication | 254 | 1.34 | 0.746 | 0.557 | 2.867 | 9.348 | 8.50 | 0.691 |
| Someone in my primary care team tells me all my test results, good and bad. | 249 | 1.33 | 0.796 | 0.634 | 2.851 | 8.299 | 8.25 | 0.796 | |
| Someone in my primary care team helps me understand my test results, e.g. laboratory values or X-ray results. | 251 | 1.40 | 0.805 | 0.649 | 2.395 | 5.871 | 10.00 | 0.625 | |
| After I leave the hospital, my primary care team knows about the care I received from the hospital. | Care Transitions | 79 | 1.29 | 0.754 | 0.568 | 3.145 | 10.473 | 7.25 | 0.756 |
| After I leave the hospital, my primary care team helps me to get back on my feet. | 78 | 1.40 | 0.858 | 0.736 | 2.290 | 4.881 | 10.00 | 0.777 | |
| After I leave the hospital, my primary care team knows about new prescriptions or if there was a change in my medication. | 78 | 1.23 | 0.643 | 0.414 | 3.057 | 9.134 | 5.75 | 0.626 |
*observed within original domain