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Table 3 Reliability statistics of the DS-DAT scale in the study samplea

From: Assessment of the efficacy of palliative sedation in advanced cancer patients by evaluating discomfort levels: a prospective, international, multicenter observational study

Number of items

Cronbach’s alpha

9

0.82

Item

Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted

Noisy breathing

0.844

Negative vocalization

0.829

Content facial expression

0.794

Sad facial expression

0.808

Frightened facial expression

0.815

Frown

0.805

Relaxed body language

0.798

Tense body language

0.795

Fidgeting

0.809

  1. DS-DAT, Discomfort Scale-Dementia Alzheimer Type
  2. aEvaluation scale in 481 measurements of 78 study participants
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BMC Medicine

ISSN: 1741-7015

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