Table 2

Psychometric properties of the MSIS-29 physical and psychological scales in each population

Psychometric propertyCommunity-based sample n = 172Outpatient sample n = 102
MSIS-29 physicalMSIS-29 psychologicalMSIS-29 physicalMSIS-29 psychological
n, number; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; SEM, standard error of mean; CI, confidence interval.
Data quality
Item missing data (%)0–2.80–1.90–1.90–0.98
Computable scores (%)100100100100
Scaling assumptions
Item mean scores1.62–3.261.62–2.631.83–3.141.95–2.71
Item SD1.11–1.590.99–1.341.16–1.651.03–1.42
Item-total correlation0.58–0.890.32–0.810.59–0.820.0.58–0.76
Acceptability
Scale range0–1000–1000–1000–100
Score range0–950–86.10–98.680–97.22
Mean score (SD)38.85 (25.3)28.7 (21.3)34.5 (25.5)32.3 (23.6)
Mean score (SE)1.941.632.542.34
Floor/ceiling effects (%)1.4/01.4/0.94.95/06.86/0
Skewness0.260.860.5260.626
Reliability
Cronbach’s alpha0.96410.89190.95690.8966
SEM5.09.25.297.59
95% CI+/−9.8+/−18+/−10.4+/−14.9