Table 7. Internal consistency analysis of BISSI items.

Item Number	Item description	Item Mean (SD)	BISSI Mean if Item Deleted	Corrected Item-Total Correlation	Cronbach’s Alpha if Item Deleted
1	Fever	0.8 (2.1)	38.8	0.35	0.753
2	Aches	1.4 (1.4)	38.1	0.56	0.725
3	Headache	1.5 (1.5)	38.0	0.50	0.732
4	Pain Awareness	2.1 (2.1)	37.5	0.44	0.742
5	Pain Touch	4.6 (2.6)	35.0	0.52	0.730
6	Hardness	4.9 (2.3)	34.6	0.37	0.751
7	Area	6.3 (1.8)	33.3	0.42	0.747
8	Impact	6.6 (2.5)	33.0	0.44	0.742
9	Redness	6.2 (2.3)	33.4	0.25	0.768
10	Temperature	5.1 (2.3)	34.4	0.42	0.744