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Table 1 Weighted kappa and Cronbach alfa for the "Changing minds" questionnaire (95%Cls), (n = 51)

From: Test - retest reliability of two instruments for measuring public attitudes towards persons with mental illness

Opinion

Type of mental illness

 

Severe depression

Panic attacks

Schizophrenia

Dementia

Eating disorder

Alcohol addiction

Drug addiction

Danger to others

0.18 (0.01-0.36)

0.32 (0.14-0.51)

0.41 (0.21-0.61)

0.43 (0.27-0.60

0.32 (0.00-0.66)

0.17 (0.01-0.33)

0.25 (0.07-0.43)

Unpredictable

0.05 (0-0.22)

0.34 (0.14-0.53)

0.33 (0.08-0.58)

0.24 (0.05-0.42)

0.20 (0.00-0.41)

0.12 (0.00-0.30)

0.37 (0.18-0.57)

Hard to talk to

0.13 (0.00-0.35)

0.20 (0.02-0.39)

0.18 (0.00-0.38

0.42 (0.22-0.62)

0.27 (0.09-0.46)

0.27 (0.07-0.46)

0.31 (0.13-0.49)

Selves to blame

0.43 (0.25-0.62)

0.36 (0.17-0.55)

0.35 (0.14-0.55)

0.58 (0.29-0.86)

0.60 (0.46-0.74)

0.52 (0.34-0.70)

0.48 (0.31-0.66)

Not improved if treated

0.28 (0.04-0.52)

0.19 (0.00-0.45

0.48 (0.33-0.64)

0.38 (0.20-0.55)

0.23 (0.03-0.42)

0.12 (0.00-0.32)

0.44 (0.24-0.63)

Feel different

0.35 (0.15-0.55)

0.42 (0.23-0.62)

0.52 (0.27-0.77)

0.42 (0.18-0.65)

0.45 (0.24-0.65)

0.40 (0.22-0.58)

0.49 (0.29-0.68)

Pull self together

0.51 (0.32-0.69)

0.43 0.26-0.61)

0.38 (0.18-0.57)

0.32 (0.07-0.57)

0.42 (0.25-0.60)

0.45 (0.28-0.61)

0.31 (0.13-0.50)

Never recover

0.26 (0.08-0.45)

0.47 (0.23-0.71)

0.31 (0.12-0.49)

0.22 (0.02-0.42)

0.43 (0.18-0.69)

0.32 (0.12-0.52)

0.28 (0.18-0.56)

Cronbach alfa

0.26

0.40

0.27

0.21

0.19

0.41

0.46

  1. Weighted kappa, < 0.20 poor agreement, 0.21-0.40 fair, 0.41-0.60 moderate, 0.61-0.80 good, 0.81-1.00 very good (Altman, 1991)