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Table 4 Internal consistency, reliability and construct validity of SProND categories

From: Quality of life and symptom burden in children with neurodegenerative diseases: using PedsQL and SProND, a new symptom-based scale

Symptom scale

No of items

Cronbach's

alpha

Intraclass

correlation

95% C.I

p-value

Neurobehavioural

2

0.60

0.60

0.12–0.66

0.004

Movements and mobility related

3

0.87

0.87

0.77–0.93

 < 0.001

Breathing and swallowing

3

0.85

0.85

0.73–0.92

 < 0.001

Daily activities

6

0.70

0.67

0.48–0.81

 < 0.001

Total symptom score

14

0.86

0.85

0.76–0.91

 < 0.001