Table 3 Measures of internal consistency (CR and \(\alpha_{c}^{j}\)), AVEj and correlation coefficients between the QOL domains (values reported in Canavarro et al. [26] are shown in square brackets, while the ones reported in Skevington et al. [23] are shown in round brackets, if available)
From: Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF(PT) in a sample of elderly citizens
Physical health | Psychological | Social relationships | Environment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
\(\alpha_{c}^{j}\) | 0.90 [0.87] (0.82) | 0.89 [0.84] (0.81) | 0.64 [0.64] (0.68) | 0.81 [0.78] (0.80) |
CRj | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.59 | 0.78 |
AVEj | 0.614 | 0.606 | 0.390 | 0.374 |
Physical health | 1.00 | – | – | – |
Psychological | 0.82** [0.55**]a | 1.00 | – | – |
Social relationships | 0.71** [0.56**]a | 0.87** [0.72**]a | 1.00 | – |
Environment | 0.77** [0.57**]a | 0.80** | 0.88** | 1.00 |