The interplay between academic performance and quality of life among preclinical students

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Analysis of item discriminate validity and internal item consistency of the construct

Domain items	Physical health	Psychological health	Social relations	Environment
Physical health
Energy	.754^a	.552	.396	.526
Mobility	.590^a	.498	.418	.448
Sleep and rest	.725^a	.433	.357	.432
Activities of daily living	.860^a	.608	.419	.525
Work capacity	.826^a	.598	.474	.497
Psychological health
Spirituality	.521	.650^a	.415	.505
Self-esteem	.411	.704^a	.401	.331
Thinking, learning, memory and concentration	.544	.613^a	.273	.339
Personal beliefs	.302	.570^a	.208	.234
Bodily image and appearance	.458	.653^a	.415	.430
Positive feelings	.606	.774^a	.585	.497
Negative feeling	.463	.658^a	.397	.364
Social relations
Personal relationships	.517	.591	.882^a	.558
Social acceptance	.456	.502	.819^a	.514
Social support	.423	.405	.857^a	.591
Environment
Physical safety	.410	.479	.464	.617^a
Physical environment	.386	.328	.243	.553^a
Financial resources	.387	.417	.494	.689^a
Opportunities for acquiring new information	.384	.352	.392	.614^a
Leisure activities	.457	.376	.277	.531^a
Home environment	.445	.363	.524	.731^a
Accessibility of health care	.438	.358	.516	.757^a

^aBoth IDV (higher correlation with its respective domain) and IIC (correlation of more than 0.4) are achieved

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