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Table 3 Mean scores and Alpha-Cronbach measure of the reliability of the health-related quality of life and its subscales among the women in fertile age

From: Higher vegetable intake and vegetable variety is associated with a better self-reported health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in a cross-sectional survey of rural northern Ghanaian women in fertile age

Scale

Mean ± SD

Alpha Cronbach (α)

HR-QoL

69.5 ± 13.6

0.78

Physical health component (PH)

72.6 ± 17.4

0.75

Mental health component (MH)

66.4 ± 12.6

0.62

Subscale of quality of life

 Physical functioning

80.0 ± 17.4

0.80

 Role functioning/physical

74.0 ± 30.5

0.64

 Body Pain

70.4 ± 26.1

0.80

 General health

66.2 ± 17.9

0.74

 Vitality /Energy

51.0 ± 10.4

0.69

 Social functioning

75.4 ± 16.6

0.08

 Emotional well-being

63.9 ± 14.2

0.66

 Role functioning/emotional

75.5 ± 31.2

0.54

  1. SD standard deviation, HR-QoL Health-related quality of life