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Table 3 The internal consistency estimate, inter-item, and item-total correlations for each of the four dimensions.

From: What matters and influence resuscitation preference? Development, field testing, and structural validation of items among older patients in the emergency department

Dimension

No of items

Inter-item correlations

Item-total correlations

Cronbach’s \(\boldsymbol{\alpha }\)

Physical

9

0.58-0.79

0.44-0.65

0.86 [0.84;0.89]

Psychological

8

0.64-0.81

0.53-0.73

0.83 [0.80;0.86]

Item Ps5

1

0.09

-0.11

Social

9

0.33-0.76

0.19-0.66

0.80 [0.76;0.84]

Spiritual

8

0.46-0.79

0.23-0.68

0.70 [0.64;0.76]

Item Sp6

1

0.05

-0.17

  1. Item Ps5 Item 5 from the psychological dimension, Item Sp6 Item 6 from the spiritual dimension.