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Table 2 Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and internal consistency

From: Parent experiences questionnaire for outpatient child and adolescent mental health services (PEQ-CAMHS Outpatients): reliability and validity following a national survey

Scale/item

Missing (%)

Mean (sd)

Frequency (%)

Factor loading

Cronbach's alpha (scale)/item-total correlation

   

1

2

3

4

5a

  

Relationship with health personnel b

172 (2.2)

74.92 (18.43)c

      

0.94

Care and consideration - parent

170 (2.2)

3.81 (0.93)

148 (1.9)

501 (6.5)

1813 (23.5)

3438 (44.6)

1800 (23.4)

0.82

0.82

Understanding of situation

256 (3.3)

3.85 (0.94)

162 (2.1)

45 (5.9)

1701 (22.3)

3372 (44.3)

1927 (25.3)

0.84

0.84

Care and consideration - child

273 (3.5)

4.14 (0.82)

49 (0.6)

216 (2.8)

1110 (14.6)

3431 (45.2)

2791 (36.7)

0.82

0.78

Met with politeness and respect

116 (1.5)

4.35 (0.73)

49 (0.6)

90 (1.2)

616 (7.9)

3359 (43.3)

3640 (46.9)

0.91

0.78

Spoke in a way that was understandable

242 (3.1)

4.33 (0.71)

30 (0.4)

97 (1.3)

585 (7.7)

3529 (46.3)

3387 (44.4)

0.74

0.66

Took viewpoints seriously

274 (3.5)

4.04 (0.91)

125 (1.6)

321 (4.2)

1275 (16.8)

3251 (42.8)

2624 (33.3)

0.82

0.83

Had enough time for contact/conversation

258 (3.3)

3.90 (0.97)

261 (3.4)

977 (12.8)

2122 (27.9)

2865 (37.6)

1387 (18.2)

0.54

0.69

Cooperation with parent

194 (2.5)

3.54 (1.04)

180 (2.3)

489 (6.4)

1457 (19.0)

3333 (43.4)

2217 (28.9)

0.76

0.86

Information and participation b

273 (3.5)

59.56 (23.72)

      

0.88

Participation in choice of treatment

323 (4.1)

3.59 (1.08)

394 (5.2)

776 (10.3)

1921 (25.5)

2911 (38.6)

1545 (20.5)

0.89

0.79

Inflluence in choice of treatment

392 (5.0)

3.39 (1.22)

491 (6.6)

1058 (14.1)

2225 (29.8)

2492 (33.3)

1212 (16.2)

0.91

0.76

Information - treatment

376 (4.8)

3.11 (1.12)

668 (8.9)

1502 (20.0)

2478 (33.1)

2002 (26.7)

844 (11.3)

0.75

0.75

Information - child's condition

365 (4.6)

3.43 (1.10)

449 (6.0)

1018 (13.6)

2117 (28.2)

2631 (35.1)

1290 (17.2)

0.53

0.65

Outcome d

367 (4.6)

72.08 (21.32)

      

0.91

Child's outcome from treatment

324 (4.1)

3.96 (0.94)

110 (1.5)

202 (2.7)

2187 (29.0)

2394 (31.7)

2653 (35.2)

0.90

0.84

Child's function in the family

382 (4.9)

3.81 (0.93)

107 (1.4)

175 (2.2)

2574 (32.7)

2366 (30.1)

2266 (28.8)

0.89

0.86

Child's function outside of family

441 (5.6)

2.39 (0.92)

128 (1.7)

239 (3.2)

2557 (34.4)

2469 (33.2)

2036 (27.4)

0.83

0.89

  1. a 1 and 5 represent the worst and best possible patient experiences respectively.
  2. b Items within these scales have five-point descriptive scales from "not at all" to "to a very large extent".
  3. c The three scales are scored from 0 to 100 where 100 represents the best possible experiences.
  4. d Items within the outcome scale have a five-point scale from "much worse" to "much better".