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Table 2 Scale level analyses – data completeness and targeting of all SAS and PHQ-9 across Tamil, Telugu and Hindi (n = 621)

From: Patient-reported anxiety and depression measures for use in Indian head and neck cancer populations: a psychometric evaluation

Scales

Data completeness - Computable scale score (%)

Targeting

Possible score rangea

Observed score range

Range mid-point

Mean score

SD

F/C effect (%)

Skewness

Tamil

 SAS

99.0

20–80

23–71

50

36.28

9.669

5.4/0/5

1.046

 PHQ-9

98.5

0–27

0–23

13.5

6.55

5.139

12.4/0.5

0.768

Telugu

 SAS

100

20–80

20–56

50

35.34

7.732

0.5/0.5

0.228

 PHQ-9

99.5

0–27

0–24

13.5

9.97

4.715

1.0/1.4

0.655

Hindi

 SAS

98.5

20–80

24–63

50

34.91

8.294

0.5/0.5

0.910

 PHQ-9

98.5

0–27

0–22

13.5

7.46

5.627

5.1/0.5

0.676

  1. SD Standard deviation, F/C Floor/ceiling – floor effect = % scoring 100 (greatest bother/impact), ceiling effect = % scoring 0 (least bother/impact), SAS Zung’s self-rating anxiety scale, PHQ-9 Patient health questionnaire −9
  2. aHigh scores indicate great bother/impact