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Table 3 Pearson item-total correlation coefficients of the ICDSC (n = 77 patients; 507 test occasions)

From: Psychometric properties of the intensive care delirium screening checklist when used by bedside nurses in clinical practice: a prospective descriptive study

ICDSC items

Corrected item-total correlations

Total alpha if item is deleted

Item 1 “Altered level of consciousness”

0.638

0.811

Item 2 “Inattention”

0.586

0.819

Item 3 “Disorientation”

0.588

0.819

Item 4 “Hallucination, delusion, psychosis”

0.507

0.829

Item 5 “Psychomotor agitation or retardation”

0.661

0.808

Item 6 “Inappropriate speech or mood”

0.575

0.822

Item 7 “Sleep/wake cycle disturbance”

0.469

0.837

Item 8 “Symptom fluctuation”

0.604

0.816