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. 2020 Jun 15;138(3):244–252. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2019.0524.05032020

Table 3. Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) reliability and internal consistency with presentation of mean values, standard deviation (SD), kappa or intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) with 95% confidence interval (CI) and Cronbach’s alpha.

FINDRISC item Mean (SD) Reliability Cronbach’s alpha if item excluded
Test Retest
1 0.58 (1.10) 0.56 (1.10) kappa = 1.00 (95% CI = 1.00, 1.00) 0.83
2 0.88 (1.03) 0.88 (1.06) kappa = 1.00 (95% CI = 1.00, 1.00) 0.83
3 1.96 (1.76) 1.90 (1.78) kappa = 0.90 (95% CI = 0.85, 0.95) 0.82
4 1.01 (1.00) 1.17 (0.99) kappa = 0.68 (95% CI = 0.61, 0.74) 0.84
5 0.60 (0.80) 0.54 (0.50) kappa = 0.72 (95% CI = 0.65, 0.78) 0.84
6 0.11 (0.47) 0.11 (0.47) kappa = 1.00 (95% CI = 1.00, 1.00) 0.84
7 0.09 (0.70) 0.19 (0.98) kappa = 0.66 (95% CI = 0.46, 0.86) 0.84
8 2.70 (2.10) 2.70 (2.10) kappa = 1.00 (95% CI = 1.00, 1.00) 0.83
Total score 7.82 (4.32) 8.01 (4.66) ICC = 0.98 (95% CI = 0.97, 0.99) Cronbach’s alpha = 0.84