Adaptability and clinical applicability of UFS-QoL in Chinese women with uterine fibroid

BMC Women's Health

Table 1 Internal consistency reliability of UFS-QOL subscales

UFS-QOL	k	Internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha)*
		Baseline				6-month			12-month
		All	HIFU	Myomectomy	Hysterectomy	All	HIFU	Myomectomy	All	HIFU	Myomectomy
Symptom severity	8	0.78	0.79	0.78	0.77	0.80	0.8	0.75	0.83	0.83	0.79
Concern	5	0.82	0.81	0.84	0.85	0.81	0.81	0.82	0.84	0.83	0.84
Activities	7	0.85	0.86	0.82	0.86	0.84	0.84	0.83	0.84	0.85	0.81
Energy/mood	7	0.89	0.89	0.88	0.89	0.87	0.88	0.87	0.87	0.88	0.85
Control	5	0.77	0.79	0.73	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.78	0.77	0.77	0.76
Self-consciousness	3	0.56	0.57	0.57	0.55	0.59	0.60	0.56	0.59	0.59	0.58
Sexual functioning	2	0.87	0.86	0.88	0.86	0.88	0.86	0.91	0.86	0.84	0.9
Total HRQL score	29	0.95	0.95	0.93	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.94	0.95	0.95	0.94

k, number of items
UFS-QOL Uterine Fibroid Symptom and Health-related Quality of Life, HRQL Health-related Quality of Life, HIFU high-intensity focused ultrasound
*> 0.70 = satisfactory internal consistency

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