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Table 4 Parameter estimates for final model (# 3) and effect sizes of observed changes based on ordinal 5-point response categories and of true changes when item means were modeled by specifying a vector of model intercepts in final CFA model

From: Longitudinal measurement invariance in prospective oral health-related quality of life assessment

Item #

Parameter estimatesa

Effect sizes

 

Γ 1 = Γ 2

τ 1 = τ 2

diag(Ω 12)

diag(Ω 11)

diag(Ω 22)

Observed item changes

True item changes

Item 2

1.000

0.762

.155

.701

.365

−.18

−.24

Item 6

0.731

0.594

.217

.565

.403

−.14

−.22

Item 10

0.872

1.042

.172

.816

.618

−.21

−.19

Item 16

1.439

1.202

.085

.731

.438

−.26

−.28

Item 20

1.394

0.993

.072

.903

.257

−.41

−.28

Item 23

1.236

0.942

.023

.570

.295

−.33

−.27

Item 29

1.188

0.719

.119

.550

.206

−.23

−.31

Item 32

1.047

0.735

.048

.579

.358

−.20

−.24

Item 35

1.010

0.784

.168

.736

.351

−.29

−.25

Item 38

1.219

0.811

.005

.484

.160

−.35

−.30

Item 42

0.752

0.480

.088

.308

.233

−.14

−.26

Item 43

0.787

0.471

.058

.265

.227

−.14

−.26

Item 47

1.064

0.760

.140

.490

.287

−.34

−.29

Item 48

0.600

0.332

.092

.222

.203

−.09

−.25

      

OHIP-14 sum score

Latent factor mean

 

α 1

α 2

Φ 12

Φ 11

Φ 22

Observed change

True change

 

.000

−.246

.229

.441

.284

−.34

−.37

  1. aSubscripts refer to Time 1 and Time 2, respectively
  2. Γ: factor loadings; τ: item intercepts; Ω: across-occasion and occasion-specific residual variances; α: latent factor means; Φ: variances and covariances among the common latent factors
  3. Note: For the factor loadings (Γ), standard errors were ≤ .095. For the intercepts (τ), standard errors were ≤ .049. For the residual covariances (diag(Ω12)), standard errors were ≤ .039. For the residual variances at Time 1 (diag(Ω11)), standard errors were ≤ .067; at time 2 (diag(Ω22)), standard errors were ≤ .054. The standard error of α 2 equals .029; the standard errors of Φ 12, Φ 11, and Φ 22 equal .033, .058, and .042, respectively