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Table 2 Descriptive information on the scales used in study

From: Personality characteristics associated with satisfaction with healthcare and the wish to complain

 

Observations

Range

Mean (SD)

Crohnbach’s alpha

Outcomes

 Satisfaction with health care described in vignette

6,755

1 to 5

3.92 (0.82)

NA (Single question)

 Likelihood of complaint

6,755

1 to 5

2.08 (0.87)

0.86

Explanatory variables

 Extraversion

6,756

2 to 10

7.29 (1.68)

0.62

 Agreeableness

6,756

2 to 10

7.32 (1.22)

0.24

 Conscientiousness

6,756

2 to 10

7.82 (1.33)

0.42

 Neuroticism

6,756

2 to 10

4.68 (1.59)

0.63

 Openness

6,756

2 to 10

5.87 (1.65)

0.14