Development and validation of impact of early integration of palliative care and oncology(IEI PCO) questionnaire: a survey for medical oncologists and nurses

Table 2 Item Analysis for “Impact of Early Integration of Palliative Care and Oncology Survey’’(IEI PCO survey)

			Item to sub-score correlation		Cronbach’s Alpha	Cronbach’s Alpha Based on Standardized Items
			Minimum	Maximum	Cronbach’s Alpha	Cronbach’s Alpha Based on Standardized Items
Section III	4) Structure of PCO	Doctors	0.924	0.940	0.817	0.978
		Nurses	0.731	0.885	0.805	0.941
		*Total*	0.775	0.896	0.809	0.952
	6) Discharge	Doctors	0.614	0.796	0.781	0.830
		Nurses	0.579	0.786	0.773	0.815
		*Total*	0.588	0.788	0.775	0.819
Section IV: Symptom Control	Before	Doctors	0.557	0.876	0.779	0.928
		Nurses	0.660	0.844	0.776	0.944
		*Total*	0.701	0.837	0.780	0.945
	After	Doctors	0.540	0.813	0.762	0.906
		Nurses	0.607	0.844	0.777	0.933
		*Total*	0.591	0.836	0.773	0.924
Section V: Communication skills	Before	Doctors	0.684	0.805	0.797	0.890
		Nurses	0.851	0.935	0.827	0.966
		*Total*	0.829	0.901	0.822	0.951
	After	Doctors	0.489	0.803	0.755	0.825
		Nurses	0.707	0.879	0.805	0.910
		*Total*	0.652	0.866	0.797	0.890
Section VI: End of Life Care	Before	Doctors	0.634	0.817	0.787	0.914
		Nurses	0.237	0.777	0.679	0.779
		*Total*	0.255	0.739	0.698	0.794
	After	Doctors	0.734	0.848	0.784	0.924
		Nurses	0.470	0.718	0.745	0.808
		*Total*	0.404	0.724	0.748	0.827
Section VII: Work burden		Doctors	0.534	0.762	0.770	0.881
Section VII: Work burden		Nurses	0.505	0.791	0.761	0.849
		*Total*	0.505	0.758	0.765	0.859
Section VIII: Attitude		Doctors	0.223	0.842	0.675	0.651
		Nurses	0.231	0.661	0.673	0.680
		*Total*	0.200	0.675	0.675	0.682
Section IX: Satisfaction		Doctors	0.715	0.924	0.800	0.953
		Nurses	0.417	0.906	0.790	0.922
		*Total*	0.488	0.909	0.792	0.927

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