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Table 2 Internal consistency

From: Evaluating an evidence-based curriculum in undergraduate palliative care education: piloting a phase II exploratory trial for a complex intervention

Construct

Items

Cronbach’s Alpha

(1) Attitude towards palliative care

12

.28

(2) Willingness to accompany dying patients

13

.91

(3) Self- estimation of competence in communication with dying patients and their relatives; (4) self-estimation of knowledge and skills in PC

11

.85

(5.1) (5.2) Attitude towards death and dying of self

16

.90

(5.3) (5.4) Attitude towards death and dying of others

16

.83

Total

68

.91

  1. The first dimension did not meet the criteria for reliability and was excluded from data analysis.