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Table 3 Reliability Analysis of the Survey Items Composing the Three Factors

From: Challenges to the provision of diabetes care in first nations communities: results from a national survey of healthcare providers in Canada

Factors

Survey Items

Cronbach's Alpha

Corrected item-Total correlation

Cronbach's Alpha if item Deleted

Patient

Improve adherence to medication

0.848

0.712

0.808

Patient

Reduce frequency of missed appointments

0.848

0.643

0.820

Patient

Help patients seek preventative care so they don't only seek acute care

0.848

0.712

0.811

Patient

Address staffing shortages

0.848

0.646

0.825

Patient

Address environmental factors (e.g. type of food in store) that make it difficult for patients to adopt healthy lifestyles

0.848

0.601

0.829

Patient

Motivate patients to adopt healthy lifestyles

0.848

0.531

0.841

Provider

Increase provider knowledge about diabetes management

0.852

0.682

0.817

Provider

Improve clinical practice guidelines

0.852

0.615

0.837

Provider

Provide specialized training to deal with diabetes related complications

0.852

0.733

0.806

Provider

Advocate making diabetes care a priority for clinic staff

0.852

0.686

0.815

Provider

Develop a system or improve the system for diabetes management and follow up

0.852

0.621

0.832

Systemic

Advocate making diabetes care a priority for tribal leadership

0.732

0.408

0.733

Systemic

Extend the time healthcare staff are in the community

0.732

0.591

0.630

Systemic

Ease access to post-clinical services (lab, referrals, medications)

0.732

0.568

0.645

Systemic

Address communication difficulties between healthcare staff and patients

0.732

0.543

0.667