Factors predicting post-dialysis fatigue of maintenance hemodialysis patients

Table 1 Results of the reliability analysis of the PDF scale

Item	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach’ α if item deleted	Cronbach’ α
Q1	0.534	0.839	0.851
Q2	0.483	0.842
Q3	0.412	0.847
Q4	0.624	0.834
Q5	0.654	0.830
Q6	0.691	0.828
Q7	0.620	0.834
Q8	0.284	0.853
Q9	0.413	0.847
Q10	0.312	0.852
Q11	0.590	0.835
Q12	0.521	0.840
Q13	0.432	0.845

Q1 Fatigue, Q2 General malaise, Q3 Feeling exhausted and weak, Q4 Lightheadedness, Q5 Need to lie down and take a nap or rest, Q6 Difficulty moving without taking a nap or rest, Q7 No appetite, Q8 Headache, Q9 Thoracic discomfort, Q10 Toothache, Q11 Not wanting to move, Q12 Not being motivated to do anything, Q13 Feeling pain after dialysis and eventually doing nothing for the whole day (same below)

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