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Table 4 STAR-MH item difficulty estimates, chi-squared test, outfit, and infit statistics, and standardised outfit and infit statistics

From: Development and validation of a mental health screening tool for asylum-seekers and refugees: the STAR-MH

Item

Difficulty

SE

χ2

df

p

Outfit

Infit

Outfit-t

Infit-t

Have you felt very restless, like you can’t keep still?

0.06

0.20

98.6

94

1

1.05

1.06

0.41

1.06

Have you lost interest in things?

0.06

0.20

99.4

94

0.269

1.06

1.02

0.47

1.02

Have you worried about going crazy or ‘losing your mind’?

0.40

0.21

80.2

94

1

0.85

0.95

−0.99

0.95

Have you felt very fearful?

−0.27

0.20

81.8

94

1

0.87

0.91

−0.99

0.91

Have you felt very trapped or caught?

− 0.13

0.20

90.5

94

1

0.96

0.97

−0.24

0.97

Have you had a lot of pain in your body?

−0.22

0.20

119.6

94

1

1.27

1.20

1.97

1.20

Have you felt very worthless?

0.11

0.20

80.5

94

1

0.86

0.89

−1.09

0.89