Research Article
Evaluation of the Quick Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory in a Danish Population
Table 2
Median scores and scale reliability coefficients (Cronbachβs alpha).
| Scale group | | Symptom scale | Chemical intolerance scale | Other intolerance scale | Life Impact scale | Median (IQR)** | Alpha*** | Median (IQR) | Alpha | Median (IQR) | Alpha | Median (IQR) | Alpha |
| Patient sample | 189 | 47 (30β64) | 0.84 | 80 (62β91) | 0.91 | 34 (20β53) | 0.83 | 64 (45β80) | 0.89 | Population | 1309 | 11 (5β23) | 0.86 | 13 (4β30) | 0.92 | 10 (3β19) | 0.77 | 2 (0β8) | 0.86 |
| Population* | | | | | | ββ30 | 201 | 12 (5β23) | 0.83 | 11 (4β24) | 0.87 | 11 (3β19) | 0.64 | 4 (0β10) | 0.74 | β30β40 | 218 | 11 (4β21) | 0.85 | 15 (5β31) | 0.93 | 11 (5β22) | 0.79 | 2 (0β8) | 0.86 | β40β50 | 288 | 11 (6β22) | 0.89 | 14 (5β30) | 0.92 | 11 (5β18) | 0.79 | 2 (0β8) | 0.90 | β50β60 | 312 | 12 (5β23) | 0.86 | 14 (4β32) | 0.94 | 8 (3β17) | 0.78 | 1 (0β9) | 0.87 | β60β | 290 | 10 (4β23) | 0.86 | 12 (1β29) | 0.93 | 5 (0β17) | 0.75 | 0 (0β5) | 0.81 |
|
|
*Population sample grouped by age.
**Interquartile range.
***Cronbachβs alpha.
|