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Table 3 Internal consistency reliability estimates for patient, family and clinician samples (overall and by site)

From: Whose responsibility? Part 1 of 2: A scale to assess how stakeholders apportion responsibilities for addressing the needs of persons with mental health problems

Rater

Sample

N

No of items

Pair

Cronbach’s α

Patient

Total

56

7

Government-Patient

0.899

56

7

Government-Family

0.878

56

7

Family-Patient

0.85

Montreal

30

7

Government-Patient

0.955

30

7

Government-Family

0.966

30

7

Family-Patient

0.901

Chennai

26

7

Government-Patient

0.766

26

7

Government-Family

0.628

26

7

Family-Patient

0.744

Family

Total

59

7

Government-Patient

0.897

59

7

Government-Family

0.918

58

7

Family-Patient

0.848

Montreal

31

7

Government-Patient

0.963

31

7

Government-Family

0.934

30

7

Family-Patient

0.924

Chennai

28

7

Government-Patient

0.835

28

7

Government-Family

0.923

28

7

Family-Patient

0.817

Clinician

Total

25

7

Government-Patient

0.822

25

7

Government-Family

0.793

25

7

Family-Patient

0.643

  1. All Cronbach’s α values were statistically significant (p < 0.05)