Research Article

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Hong Kong Version of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HK-KOOS) for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 6

Comparison of internal consistency of the original KOOS and HK-KOOS ().

Original KOOSCronbach’s alphaHK-KOOSCronbach’s alpha

Symptoms0.82Factor 1 (A9-A12, A14-A15, SP4)0.93
Pain0.92Factor 2 (S1-S3, S6-S7, Q3)0.84
ADL0.96Factor 3 (SP1-SP3, SP5, A5)0.88
Sport and recreation0.85Factor 4 (A8, A16-A17, Q2, Q4, S5)0.80
QoL0.80Factor 5 (P5, P9, A4, A6)0.90
Factor 6 (A1-A2, A7, P6, P4)0.91
Factor 7 (P3, P7-P8, A3, A13, S4, Q1)0.86