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Table 5 Internal consistency for the larger study sample of patients and families

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

Montreal

63

7

Government-Patient

0.933

64

7

Government-Family

0.935

64

7

Family-Patient

0.904

Chennai

140

7

Government-Patient

0.745

141

7

Government-Family

0.819

140

7

Family-Patient

0.787

Family

Montreal

47

7

Government-Patient

0.907

46

7

Government-Family

0.888

41

7

Family-Patient

0.879

Chennai

137

7

Government-Patient

0.749

137

7

Government-Family

0.722

137

7

Family-Patient

0.806

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