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Table 4 Summary of result from the psychometric analyses of item to former and current smokers

From: Consequences of screening in abdominal aortic aneurysm: development and dimensionality of a questionnaire

The items in order of the scales (the item number indicates the order of appearance in the questionnaire)

Subscales and misfit to the Rasch model

Observed

Expected

Gamma sd

Probability of fit to the Rasch model

69. felt stigmatiseda

Stigmatisation

0.940

0.936

0.017

0.84413

70. blamed by other peoplea

Stigmatisation

0.937

0.943

0.015

0.69940

71. a finger-wagging from othersa

Stigmatisation

0.946

0.933

0.019

0.46892

73. been told off by other peoplea

Stigmatisation

0.935

0.931

0.020

0.84845

68. disappointed in oneselfa

Self-blame

0.949

0.950

0.015

0.92832

72. felt guiltya

Self-blame

0.960

0.951

0.015

0.50726

74. angry with oneselfa

Self-blame

0.950

0.950

0.015

0.99253

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NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

75. thought about quitting smoking

Regretful still smoking

0.839

0.886

0.053

0.37011

76. feel guilty for smoking

Regretful still smoking

0.916

0.879

0.053

0.48273

77. annoyed with oneself for smoking

Regretful still smoking

0.953

0.874

0.054

0.13633

78: disappointed in oneself for smoking

Regretful still smoking

0.902

0.874

0.054

0.60243

79. change in oneā€™s attitude towards smoking

Regretful still smoking

0.805

0.874

0.054

0.19846

80. having second thoughts about oneā€™s smoking

Regretful still smoking

0.856

0.868

0.054

0.82686

  1. afor having smoked for many years