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Table 2 Reliability of the German, French, and Italian of the modified COPSOQ scale

From: Assessing the psychosocial work environment in the health care setting: translation and psychometric testing of the French and Italian Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaires (COPSOQ) in a large sample of health professionals in Switzerland

Scale Name (Number of items)

German Version

French Version

Italian Version

N

Mean (SD)

Floor %

Ceiling %

Alpha

ICC3

N

Mean (SD)

Floor %

Ceiling %

Alpha

ICC3

N

Mean (SD)

Floor %

Ceiling %

Alpha

ICC3

Domain: Demands at work

 Quantitative demands (3)

9988

55.11 (17.36)

0.23

0.44

0.70

0.44

1628

56.53 (16.44)

0.18

0.43

0.62

0.34

221

48.59 (16.36)

0.90

0.00

0.56

0.29

 Demands for hiding emotions (2)

9536

40.05 (22.27)

9.98

1.64

0.81

0.68

1507

41.74 (24.67)

8.16

3.45

0.76

0.61

224

35.66 (24.89)

12.95

3.13

0.71

0.57

 Sensorial demands (5)

9978

83.75 (14.16)

0.01

19.08

0.78

0.40

1627

78.7 (17.17)

0.06

14.38

0.81

0.44

222

80.46 (16.45)

0.00

13.06

0.77

0.37

 Work environment (5)

9899

32.95 (19.51)

3.94

0.15

0.75

0.38

1596

36.18 (20.07)

3.51

0.38

0.71

0.33

222

32.52 (20.57)

4.95

0.00

0.73

0.35

Domain: Work organisation & content

 Opportunities for development (3)

10,034

71.15 (15.42)

0.07

5.10

0.68

0.41

1639

71.65 (17.23)

0.00

7.32

0.68

0.42

222

69.69 (17.47)

0.00

7.21

0.65

0.39

 Influence at work (3)

9856

51.41 (20.07)

1.25

1.13

0.71

0.45

1596

47.72 (21.3)

2.38

1.38

0.74

0.48

222

53.83 (19.13)

3.60

6.31

0.75

0.49

 Scope for breaks and holidays (2)

9871

60.75 (20.81)

1.01

4.86

0.39

0.24

1599

60.65 (21.91)

1.44

4.82

0.43

0.26

224

55.86 (25.11)

3.57

6.25

0.48

0.32

 Meaning of work (2)

10,031

83.39 (15.95)

0.11

37.15

0.83

0.70

1641

82.63 (17.06)

0.12

35.71

0.79

0.66

221

82.07 (18.62)

1.36

22.17

0.81

0.69

 Bond with the organisation (2)

9543

62.15 (19.99)

0.71

7.28

0.76

0.62

1512

61.11 (24.24)

1.46

12.70

0.77

0.63

224

68.25 (24.46)

1.34

21.88

0.87

0.77

Social relations & leadership

 Predictability (2)

9811

64.46 (19.1)

0.41

6.49

0.71

0.54

1575

57.41 (22.58)

1.40

6.29

0.75

0.59

226

57.91 (23.34)

2.21

7.96

0.81

0.67

 Appreciation (1)

9673

59.21 (25.52)

5.44

11.57

n.a.

n.a.

1501

48.72 (29.12)

12.72

9.19

n.a.

n.a.

223

65.02 (25.08)

2.69

20.18

n.a.

n.a.

 Role clarity (3)

9815

77.82 (14.51)

0.05

14.37

0.79

0.55

1575

79.69 (17.18)

0.06

23.56

0.84

0.63

226

77.71 (17.7)

0.88

21.24

0.84

0.63

 Role conflicts (3)

9798

36.74 (20.23)

6.40

0.66

0.79

0.55

1568

37.86 (22.78)

4.27

1.91

0.81

0.58

226

30.9 (24.57)

12.83

1.77

0.86

0.67

 Quality of leadership (4)

9700

64.8 (22.07)

1.30

7.82

0.90

0.69

1555

59.51 (24.27)

2.32

6.70

0.90

0.68

222

58.19 (24.11)

1.80

8.56

0.91

0.71

 Social support at work (4)

9678

77.14 (17.06)

0.07

15.69

0.81

0.52

1549

72.28 (18.25)

0.06

9.94

0.80

0.51

224

74.56 (18.66)

0.00

13.84

0.85

0.58

 Feedback (2)

9668

49.93 (20.56)

2.29

1.72

0.62

0.45

1544

50.99 (22.86)

2.53

4.02

0.65

0.48

224

64.68 (20.71)

1.79

8.04

0.65

0.47

 Social relations at work (1)

9560

56.16 (26.79)

8.45

10.37

n.a.

n.a.

1536

68.12 (25.62)

4.23

23.18

n.a.

n.a.

222

73.42 (22.51)

1.80

8.11

n.a.

n.a.

 Social community at work (2)

9646

79.59 (14.62)

0.16

22.49

0.83

0.71

1545

79.64 (15.75)

0.13

25.95

0.85

0.74

224

79.07 (18.25)

0.00

29.02

0.87

0.76

 Unfair behaviour (1)

9437

14.08 (21.52)

63.37

0.58

n.a.

n.a.

1497

14.43 (21.82)

62.86

0.73

n.a.

n.a.

220

15.11 (23.2)

0.00

29.55

n.a.

n.a.

Person-work interface

 Job insecurity (4)

6245

16.9 (17.32)

28.52

0.13

0.76

0.43

1018

30.63 (23.78)

13.56

0.79

0.79

0.49

185

26.96 (16.31)

6.49

0.00

0.56

0.23

 Insecurity of working environment (2)

9896

27.1 (23.54)

24.90

1.50

0.71

0.55

1602

44.46 (30.29)

13.80

7.18

0.69

0.53

224

30.13 (24.61)

20.98

2.23

0.59

0.42

Home-work interface

 Work-private life conflict (5)

9619

28.16 (20.81)

11.72

0.32

0.89

0.61

1519

32.62 (22.76)

9.28

0.53

0.88

0.60

224

34.67 (21.52)

3.13

0.45

0.88

0.59

 Demarcation (2)

9618

32.25 (21.7)

13.84

0.75

0.39

0.24

1517

30.96 (24.1)

20.44

1.32

0.40

0.24

224

30.41 (22.51)

17.86

1.79

0.41

0.25

Stress symptoms & long-term consequences

 Behavioural stress symptoms (4)

9468

29.29 (21.68)

7.46

0.07

0.86

0.61

1483

31.27 (23.17)

5.60

0.27

0.86

0.61

225

34.24 (21.28)

6.67

0.00

0.83

0.55

 Cognitive stress symptoms (4)

9486

25.75 (19.04)

15.75

0.14

0.89

0.66

1490

32.86 (21.74)

11.68

0.34

0.91

0.72

225

29.57 (20.29)

15.56

0.00

0.90

0.69

 Job satisfaction (6)

9545

70.61 (14.41)

0.05

2.76

0.81

0.42

1504

66.82 (15.81)

0.00

2.53

0.84

0.45

225

67.4 (17.25)

1.33

4.44

0.89

0.58

 Intention to leave organisation (1)

9501

20.6 (22.82)

53.65

1.00

n.a.

n.a.

1501

19.6 (23.2)

56.90

1.13

n.a.

n.a.

225

14.11 (20.68)

64.44

0.89

n.a.

n.a.

 Intention to leave profession (1)

9501

16.26 (21.33)

42.95

1.43

n.a.

n.a.

1501

15.39 (21.42)

46.64

1.53

n.a.

n.a.

225

11.89 (18.91)

59.56

1.33

n.a.

n.a.

 Burnout-symptoms (3)

9407

41.53 (20.81)

4.23

0.82

0.84

0.63

1463

49.69 (20.41)

1.71

1.37

0.83

0.62

225

36.56 (21.56)

8.44

0.44

0.82

0.60

  1. Alpha Cronbach’s coefficient α, ICC3 Consistency estimate by two-way mixed effects ANOVA