Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of the quality of communication questionnaire

BMC Palliative Care

Table 4 Internal consistency of Chinese version of the quality of communication questionnaire

	Scale Cronbach’s Alpha	Scale Mean if Item Deleted	Item-Total Correlation	Cronbach’s Alpha if Item Deleted
Component 1: General communication skills	0.894
1. Using words you understand		90.3	0.44	0.869
2. Looking you in the eye		90.3	0.333	0.871
3. Answering all your questions about your illness		90.3	0.389	0.87
4. Listening to what you have to say		89.0	0.382	0.87
5. Caring about you as a person		89.9	0.4	0.871
6. Giving full attention		89.0	0.402	0.87
Component 2: Communication about illness trajectory	0.842
7. Talking about your feelings about getting sicker		92.7	0.615	0.859
8. Talking about details if you got sicker		92.7	0.574	0.861
9. Talking to you about the trajectory of your illness		93.8	0.509	0.865
10. Talk about how long you have to live		96.0	0.549	0.862
Component 3: End-of-life care planning	0.884
11. Talking about what dying might be like		95.8	0.691	0.855
12. Involving you in treatment discussions about your care		94.8	0.51	0.865
13. Ask you about important things in life		95.4	0.673	0.856
14. Respecting important things in your life		94.7	0.632	0.858
15. Asking about spiritual, religious beliefs		95.2	0.609	0.859
16. Respecting your spiritual, religious beliefs		94.9	0.595	0.86

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