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Table 6 Descriptive statistics for the Anxiety Scale items

From: A psychometric evaluation of the interRAI Child and Youth Mental Health instruments (ChYMH) anxiety scale in children with and without developmental disabilities

  Mean 95% CI Variance Skewness Kurtosis Item-Total Correlation
ChYMH Sample
 1. Anxious complaints/ concerns 1.452 1.40–1.50 2.415 0.536 −1.276 .739
 2. Unrealistic fears 0.974 0.93–1.02 1.839 1.151 −0.071 .693
 3. Obsessive thoughts 0.970 0.92–1.02 2.009 1.154 −0.197 .672
 4. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks .462 0.43–0.49 0.879 2.253 4.512 .494
 5. Episodes of panic .744 0.71–0.78 1.140 1.499 1.542 .622
 6. Nightmares .582 0.55–0.61 0.880 1.841 3.094 .493
ChYMH-DD Sample
 1. Anxious complaints/ concerns 1.583 1.42–1.75 2.735 0.385 −1.524 .693
 2. Unrealistic fears 0.837 0.71–0.97 1.679 1.398 0.631 .594
 3. Obsessive thoughts 1.351 1.18–1.52 2.774 0.666 −1.296 .667
 4. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks 0.266 0.20–0.34 0.494 3.166 10.773 .415
 5. Episodes of panic 0.742 0.63–0.86 1.294 1.534 1.382 .560
 6. Nightmares 0.389 0.31–0.47 0.592 2.389 6.091 .303