Measuring health-related quality of life of older people with frailty receiving acute care: feasibility and psychometric performance of the EuroQol EQ-5D

Table 2 EQ-5D item response distribution (standard deviation and proportions at each level) and internal consistency (Cronbach’s raw alpha statistic overall and with each item dropped)

Item	SD	Response level						α = 0.69
Item	SD	1	2	3	4	5	Missing	α if dropped
Mobility	1.1	0.03	0.21	0.32	0.28	0.16	0	0.62
Self Care	1.3	0.35	0.20	0.27	0.08	0.10	0	0.60
Usual Activities	1.4	0.16	0.23	0.23	0.19	0.19	0.01	0.63
Pain / Discomfort	1.2	0.23	0.17	0.34	0.20	0.06	0	0.67
Anxiety / Depression	1.1	0.42	0.25	0.23	0.06	0.03	0	0.68

Responses were scored 1 (no problems) to 5 (extreme problems) for each dimension

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