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Table 3 Cluster solutions in the Automatic Item Selection Procedure for six levels of lower bound c

From: Dimensionality and scale properties of the Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the DiaDDzoB study

   

Lower Bound c

   

.30

.40

.45

.50

.55

.60

  

Scale #

1

1

1

2

3

1

2

1

2

1

2

Item

1.

laugh

.44

.47

.55

-

-

.55

-

.67

-

.72

-

2.

enjoyment

.44

.47

.54

-

-

.54

-

.64

-

.72

-

3.

blamed

.44

.44

-

.53

-

us

us

us

us

us

us

4.

anxious/worried

.36

Us

-

-

.47

-

.42

us

us

us

us

5.

scared/panicky

.45

.46

-

.53

-

us

us

us

us

us

us

6.

things get on top of me

.50

.52

.54

-

-

.54-

-

-

.57

-

.61

7.

difficulty sleeping

.51

.53

.55

-

-

.55

-

-

.59-

-

.61

8.

sad/miserable

.56

.58

.61

-

-

.61

-

.58

-

-

.63

9.

crying

.47

.48

.50

-

-

.50

-

-

.55

us

us

10.

thought of self harm

.44

.44

-

-

.47

-

.44

us

us

us

us

H

  

.46

.49

.55

.53

.47

.55

.53

.64

.57

.72

.62

  1. Note. us = unscalable