Skip to main content

Table 2 Description of IPOS items

From: Psychometric properties of the Czech Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale: reliability and content validity analysis

Item

% response for each value score

M

SD

Mo

Item Difficulty

Item-total correlation

0

1

2

3

4

Pain

22.1

25.7

28.6

20

3.6

1.6

1.1

2

0.39

0.48

Shortness of Breath

51.4

19.3

10.7

14.3

4.3

1.0

1.3

0

0.25

0.32

Weakness

10

12.9

32.1

38.6

6.4

2.2

1.1

3

0.55

0.66

Nausea

53.6

22.9

12.1

9.3

2.1

0.8

1.1

0

0.21

0.46

Vomiting

74.3

9.3

9.3

6.4

0.7

0.5

1.0

0

0.13

0.37

Poor Appetite

28.6

17.1

24.3

26.4

3.6

1.6

1.3

0

0.40

0.58

Constipation

46.4

17.9

13.6

20.7

1.4

1.1

1.2

0

0.28

0.44

Sore Mouth

26.4

23.6

21.4

26.4

2.1

1.5

1.2

0

0.39

0.33

Drowsiness

18.6

17.1

37.1

25

2.1

1.8

1.1

2

0.44

0.48

Poor Mobility

10.7

9.3

22.9

43.6

13.6

2.4

1.2

3

0.60

0.49

Anxiety

32.1

14.3

32.1

15.7

5.7

1.5

1.2

0

0.37

0.58

Family Anxiety

10.7

10

30.7

32.1

16.4

2.3

1.2

3

0.58

0.50

Depression

40.7

16.4

31.4

9.3

2.1

1.2

1.1

0

0.29

0.50

Feeling at Peace

15

36.4

28.6

15

5

1.6

1.1

1

0.40

0.59

Share Feelings

30.7

29.3

16.4

17.9

5.7

1.4

1.3

0

0.35

0.44

Information

51.4

28.6

12.1

5.7

2.1

0.8

1.0

0

0.20

0.48

Practical Problems

52.9

20

17.1

7.1

2.9

0.9

1.1

0

0.22

0.45

  1. M  mean, SD standard deviation, Mo modus.