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Table 4 Expert Agreement, Patient Responses and the Reliability of the MCQ Knowledge Subscales

From: The development of a knowledge test of depression and its treatment for patients suffering from non-psychotic depression: a psychometric assessment

Knowledge Subscales

Items

Expert's Agreement (%)

Reliability Cronbach's

Patients' Correct Responses (%)

1. Definition, the size of the problem

5

80

0.11

75

2. Risks of relapse

2

97

0.32

75

3. Etiology, causes, and triggers of depression

2

91

0.70

86

4. Presentation and symptoms

6

86

0.44

77

5. Biological and psychological treatments

12

86

0.61

81

Overall Content Validity & Reliability

27

88

0.68

78.8