Reliability, validity, sensitivity and internal consistency of the ICF based Basic Mobility Scale for measuring the mobility of patients with musculoskeletal problems in the acute hospital setting: a prospective study

Table 4 Internal consistency of the Basic Mobility Scale presented with Cronbach’s alpha and the Pearson correlation coefficients of the items and the total score

		Cronbach’s alpha
BMS		0.875
	Pearson correlation of the items with total score	Cronbach’s alpha if item is deleted
BMS 1	0.583	0.8698
BMS 2	0.667	0.8551
BMS 3	0.831	0.8387
BMS 4	0.828	0.8367
BMS 5	0.834	0.8295
BMS 6	0.532	0.8827

BMS 1 “Changing position while lying”, BMS 2 “Maintaining a sitting position” (sitting on the edge of bed), BMS 3 “Maintaining a standing position”, BMS 4 “Transferring oneself”, BMS 5 “Walking short distances” and BMS 6 “Climbing stairs”

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