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a (0.78) and reliability coefficient r (0.81), Table 2—Characteristics of the NDS, NIS-LL, and DNE in our study population (n = 73)
the scale appears to be reliable. The H value
for hierarchy was 0.53, which indicates the
NDS NIS-LL DNE
presence of a strong hierarchical scale (17).
Table 2 shows characteristics of the Mean score 19.7 ± 14.5 9.7 ± 7.9 5.0 ± 3.6
DNE, NDS, and NIS-LL. As expected, the Reliability (a) 0.88 0.87 0.78
correlation between the DNE and the NDS Items 70 28 8
(Pearson’s r = 0.96, P , 0.001) and NIS-LL Maximum score 280 88 16
(Pearson’s r = 0.92, P , 0.001) were both Maximum scored 56 32 13
high. The reliability of the scoring systems Items not scored 44 1 0
was good. ,3 scores 8 3 0
The DNE is fast and easy to perform in Data are n or means ± SD, unless otherwise indicated.
clinical practice; application takes ,5 min.
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