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Table 4 Summary of internal consistency, stability, and construct validity for MOS Sleep-R standard and acute form subscales and global index measures

From: The development and validation of a revised version of the Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale (MOS Sleep-R)

Form

Subscale/Index

Number of items

Stability (ICC)

Internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha)

Mean item-corrected parent subscale correlation within subscale (minimum-maximum)

Mean item-non-parent subscale correlation across subscales (minimum-maximum)

Scaling successa

Success rate (%)b

Standard

Disturbance

4

0.81

0.85

0.71 (0.61–0.82)

0.36 (0.10–0.55)

20

100

Adequacy

2

0.68

0.84

0.72 (0.72–0.72)

0.39 (0.15–0.57)

10

100

Somnolence

3

0.81

0.76

0.61 (0.49–0.71)

0.33 (0.18–0.56)

15

100

Snoring

1

0.85

–

–

0.22 (0.19–0.27)

–

–

SOBH

1

0.33

–

–

0.32 (0.22–0.40)

–

–

Optimal quantity

1

0.34

–

–

0.19 (0.04–0.41)

–

–

SPI-I

6

0.75

0.83

0.61 (0.41–0.69)

–

–

–

SPI-II

9

0.81

0.88

0.63 (0.43–0.75)

–

–

–

Acute

Disturbance

4

0.78

0.86

0.72 (0.62–0.82)

0.41 (0.16–0.56)

20

100

Adequacy

2

0.70

0.85

0.74 (0.74–0.74)

0.44 (0.20–0.59)

10

100

Somnolence

3

0.75

0.78

0.64 (0.51–0.75)

0.37 (0.18–0.63)

14

93

Snoring

1

0.83

–

–

0.24 (0.20–0.28)

–

–

SOBH

1

0.69

–

–

0.39 (0.23–0.48)

–

–

Optimal quantity

1

0.71

–

–

0.21 (0.07–0.32)

–

–

SPI-I

6

0.82

0.85

0.64 (0.50–0.69)

–

–

–

SPI-II

9

0.82

0.90

0.67 (0.51–0.76)

–

–

–

  1. a The number of item-subscale correlations across subscales that are descriptively smaller in magnitude than the correlations between each item and its corrected-parent subscale
  2. b The percentage of item-subscale correlations achieving scaling success
  3. – not computable, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, SOBH awakening due to shortness of breath or headache, SPI sleep problems index