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Table 3 Confirmatory factor analysis for MUIS-P and MUIS-Cg

From: Psychometric properties of the Brief Mishel Uncertainty in illness scales for patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers

Global model fit

MUIS-P (n = 242)

MUIS-Cg (n = 242)

χ2-test for discrepancy between sample and fitted covariance matrices

\({\chi }^{2}=44.722,df=26,p=0.013\)

\({\chi }^{2}=55.113,df=26,p=0.001\)

Comparative fit index (CFI)

0.968

0.928

Tucker Lewis index (TLI)

0.955

0.900

Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)

0.055 (90% CI (0.025,0.081))

0.068 (90% CI (0.043,0.093))

Weighted standardized root mean square residual index

0.063

0.066

  1. We randomly split the sample into two subsamples of equal size and used a second-split subsample for confirmatory factor analysis
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BMC Psychology

ISSN: 2050-7283

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