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Table 1 Description and reliability of the Arabic version of KDQOL-SF TM version 1.3 among the 100 CKD patients

From: Cultural adaptation and validation of the “Kidney Disease and Quality of Life - Short Form (KDQOL-SF™) version 1.3” questionnaire in Egypt

     Scales

Mean ± SD

Ceiling %

Floor %

ICC (n = 50)

Cronbach’s α (n = 100)

Kidney disease targeted scales

·Symptoms/problems

77.50 (11.5)

1.0

0.0

0.93

0.81

·Effect of kidney disease

73.84 (13.6)

2.0

0.0

0.88

0.73

·Burden of kidney disease

40.13 (26.6)

0.0

4.0

0.85

0.88

·Work status

49.00 (38.3)

18.0

40.0

0.93

0.28

·Cognitive function

68.73 (13.7)

0.0

0.0

0.93

0.60

·Quality of social interaction

71.40 (10.4)

0.0

0.0

0.92

0.23

·Sexual function

61.50 (23.1)

0.0

16.0

0.95

0.90

·Sleep

58.38 (15.9)

0.0

0.0

0.93

0.90

·Social support

63.17 (28.9)

17.0

6.0

0.79

0.88

·Patient satisfaction

65.67 (17.9)

5.0

0.0

0.94

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SF- 36

·Physical function

49.10 (27.3)

2.0

5.0

0.93

0.95

·Role physical

28.50 (32.0)

5.0

48.0

0.88

0.76

·Pain

44.65 (23.1)

1.0

5.0

0.94

0.87

·General health

37.50 (19.0)

0.0

0.0

0.92

0.83

·Emotional well being

60.84 (10.0)

0.0

0.0

0.89

0.70

·Role emotional

63.67 (41.9)

50.0

24.0

0.86

0.83

·Social function

54.50 (23.4)

9.0

0.0

0.79

0.88

·Energy/Fatigue

47.80 (14.5)

0.0

0.0

0.94

0.81

·Overall health rate

57.40 (8.6)

0.0

0.0

0.93

0.95