Kollia Z, Patelarou E, Vivilaki V, Kollia E, Kefou F, Elefsiniotis I, Dourakis SP, Brokalaki H. Translation and validation of the Greek chronic liver disease questionnaire. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16(46): 5838-5844 [PMID: 21155005 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i46.5838]
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Zoi Kollia, RN, MSc, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Papadiamantopoulou 123, Athens 11527, Greece. zoi.kollia@yahoo.gr
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Table 4 Exploratory factors and explained variance after rotation for the Greek chronic liver disease questionnaire
Factors
Rotation sums of squared loadings
Rescaled loadings
Eigen values
% of variance
Cumulative variance
Cronbach’s alpha
Factor I
Question 2
0.72
Question 8
0.84
Question 9
0.84
4.08
14.07
14.07
0.91
Question 11
0.82
Question 18
0.55
Factor II
Question 22
0.85
Question 25
0.87
3.24
11.07
25.24
0.93
Question 28
0.85
Factor III
Question 1
0.79
Question 5
0.57
2.78
9.57
34.81
0.80
Question 17
0.74
Factor IV
Question 4
0.83
2.49
8.6
43.41
0.91
Question 13
0.8
Factor V
Question 12
0.79
2.42
8.35
51.76
0.79
Question 24
0.73
Factor VI
Question 16
0.79
2.11
7.27
59.03
0.84
Question 20
0.77
Factor VII
Question 10
0.72
1.68
5.78
64.81
0.67
Question 15
0.73
Table 5 Sensitivity and specificity values of different cut-off scores of the Greek chronic liver disease questionnaire for identifying level of quality of life
Threshold scores
Sensitivity (%)
Specificity (%)
147.50
57.8
99.0
157.50
64.6
82.2
167.50
74.3
71.6
175.50
85.4
55.8
185.50
92.2
37.0
194.50
98.5
16.8
Citation: Kollia Z, Patelarou E, Vivilaki V, Kollia E, Kefou F, Elefsiniotis I, Dourakis SP, Brokalaki H. Translation and validation of the Greek chronic liver disease questionnaire. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16(46): 5838-5844