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Table 2 Summary of illness perception scores

From: Illness perceptions predict mortality in patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease: a prospective observational study

     

Censored (n-157)

 

Failure (n = 43)

 

Perception

Cronbach’s α

Possible Range

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

1. Identity

N/A

0–14

3.74

3.28

3.29

2.85

5.37

4.15

2. Timeline- Acute/Chronic

0.95

6–30

22.25

6.21

21.75

6.16

24.07

6.08

3. Timeline -Cyclical

0.92

4–20

9.08

3.33

8.71

3.18

10.44

3.55

4. Consequences

0.91

6–30

17.87

5.70

17.20

5.42

20.33

6.06

5. Treatment Control

0.82

5–25

16.05

3.87

16.76

3.32

13.49

4.61

6. Personal Control

0.84

6–30

18.55

4.56

19.29

4.07

15.84

5.26

7. Illness Coherence

0.79

5–25

16.98

3.66

17.24

3.60

16.02

3.76

8. Emotional Representations

0.94

6–30

19.90

6.27

19.08

6.22

22.88

5.58