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Table 4 Concurrent/discriminant validity of CES2.0 and the short version of CES1.0

From: Development the Care Evaluation Scale Version 2.0: a modified version of a measure for bereaved family members to evaluate the structure and process of palliative care for cancer patient

CES2.0

Domain

Overall satisfaction

FAMCARE

Expectation

PHQ-9

BGQ

CES1.0

(domain)a

CES1.0

(item)b

I. Physical care by physician

0.70

0.50

0.05

−0.21

−0.06

0.59

0.53

II. Physical care by nurse

0.69

0.44

0.09

−0.18

−0.08

0.68

0.62

III. Pycho-existential care

0.70

0.44

0.01

−0.15

−0.06

0.71

0.67

IV. Physician’s explanation to the patient

0.64

0.50

−0.07

−0.18

0.01

0.66

0.63

V. Physician’s explanation to the family

0.67

0.53

0.04

−0.22

−0.02

0.68

0.65

VI. Environment

0.46

0.29

0.02

−0.15

−0.10

0.63

0.66

VII. Cost

0.62

0.47

−0.01

−0.15

−0.21

0.55

0.57

VIII. Consideration of family health

0.46

0.30

0.17

−0.15

−0.09

0.56

0.55

IX. Availability

0.54

0.45

−0.01

−0.13

−0.04

0.62

0.68

X. Coordination and consistency

0.79

0.51

−0.05

−0.16

−0.20

0.68

0.64

Total score

0.83

0.58

0.02

−0.22

−0.10

0.78

-

Total score(short version)

0.82

0.59

0.02

−0.20

−0.12

0.79

-

Short version of the CES1.0

I. Physical care by physician

0.63

0.50

0.02

−0.17

-

-

-

II. Physical care by nurse

0.63

0.41

0.00

−0.21

-

-

-

III. Pycho-existential care

0.59

0.44

0.00

−0.16

-

-

-

IV. Physician’s explanation to the patient

0.55

0.47

−0.07

−0.20

-

-

-

V. Physician’s explanation to the family

0.54

0.51

−0.09

−0.20

-

-

-

VI. Environment

0.54

0.30

−0.11

−0.25

-

-

-

VII. Cost

0.49

0.33

−0.01

−0.22

-

-

-

VIII. Consideration of family health

0.57

0.37

0.03

−0.18

-

-

-

IX. Availability

0.47

0.42

−0.03

−0.08

-

-

-

X. Coordination and consistency

0.61

0.45

−0.02

−0.21

-

-

-

Total score

0.71

0.53

−0.04

−0.24

-

-

-

  1. Values indicate Pearson correlation coefficients. We could not analyze correlation of BGQ and CES1.0 because of combination of questionnaire
  2. PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire. BGQ: Brief Grief Questionnaire
  3. aCorrelation coefficient between domain of CES2.0 and corresponding item of short version of the CES1.0
  4. bCorrelation coefficient between item of short version of CES2.0 and corresponding item of short version of the CES1.0