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Table 4 Reliability of 13-item Patient Activation Measure of the Danish version compared with the American version [4]

From: Translation, adaptation and validation of the American short form Patient Activation Measure (PAM13) in a Danish version

					Rasch Person Reliability
			PAM 13	PAM 13	Danish		American
	N	%	Danish	American	Real	Model	Real	Model
Sample	344	100	64.2	61.9	0.83	0.85	0.81	0.85
Gender
Male	190	55.2	63.8	60.2	0.82	0.85	0.80	0.84
Female	154	44.8	64.7	62.8	0.85	0.86	0.82	0.85
Age group
-54	52	15.1	62.5	63.9*	0.82	0.86	0.88*	0.91*
55–64	149	43.3	63.9	61.7	0.85	0.86	0.88	0.91
65–74	137	39.8	65.6	61.9	0.82	0.84	0.89	0.91
75+	6	1.7	56.6	58.2*	0.54	0.56	0.87*	0.90*
Self-rated health
Poor	6	1.8	57.4	54.3	0.91	0.92	0.73	0.78
Fair	44	13.1	62.5	57.3	0.81	0.85	0.78	0.83
Good	189	56.4	62.6	59.3	0.82	0.85	0.78	0.82
Very good	83	24.8	66.6	64.3	0.84	0.86	0.79	0.83
Excellent	13	3.9	76.3	68.7	0.77	0.78	0.83	0.85
Education
Unskilled	98	32.3	65.0	58.5^	0.82	0.84	0.75^	0.80^
Short (1–3 years)	130	42.9	62.8	61.8^	0.83	0.85	0.82^	0.86^
Higher (>3 years)	75	24.8	65.4	61.6^	0.82	0.85	0.82^	0.85^
Diagnosis
Pre-diabetes	136	39.5	65.2	-	0.83	0.85	-	-
Type 2 diabetes	208	60.5	63.6	59.7	0.84	0.86	0.79	0.83

Only questionnaires with at least 7 items answered were included
* The extreme age group was 45–54 and 75–84 in the American version
^ Education in the American version is slightly different categorised: high school or less, some college and college graduate+

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