Table 1 Item Analysis for preliminary “Impact of Early Integration of Palliative Care and Oncology Survey’’(IEI PCO survey):
Item no. before | Item no. after | Why | Item to sub-score correlation | Cronbach’s Alpha | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum | Maximum | ||||||
Section III | 1) Structure of PCO | 9 | 6 | Low item discrimination/ Poor internal consistency | 0.767 | 0.947 | 0.811 |
2) Simultaneous Oncology and PC | 9 | 8 | Repetition | ||||
3) and 4)Inpatient and Outside Care | 7 | 3 | Missed or irrelevant answers | ||||
5) Discharge | 7 | 4 | Low item discrimination/ Poor internal consistency | 0.375 | 0.744 | 0.603 | |
Section IV: Symptom Control | Before | 11 | 9 | Low item discrimination/ Poor internal consistency | 0.319 | 0.777 | 0.730 |
After | 0.307 | 0.786 | 0.713 | ||||
Section V: Communication skills | Before | 8 | 5 | Low item discrimination/ Poor internal consistency | 0.309 | 0.811 | 0.764 |
After | 0.322 | 0.720 | 0.765 | ||||
Section VI: End of Life Care | Before | 10 | 7 | Low item discrimination/ Poor internal consistency | 0.364 | 0.847 | 0.685 |
After | 0.357 | 0.666 | 0.732 | ||||
Section VII: | Work burden | 9 | 7 | Low item discrimination/ Poor internal consistency | 0.409 | 0.820 | 0.732 |
Section VIII: | Attitude | 16 | 7 | Low item discrimination/ Poor internal consistency | 0.312 | 0.678 | 0.688 |
Section IX: | Satisfaction | 15 | 8 | Low item discrimination/ Poor internal consistency | 0.370 | 0.805 | 0.734 |