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Table 1 Hypothesis testing against SF-12 mental and psychical health and mean scores in the STAI manual

From: Validity and reliability of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory in Danish women aged 45 years and older with abnormal cervical screening results

Hypothesis testing

Correlation

Difference (50–69 yrs)

SF-12 mental health scale versus

STAI - state anxiety scale*

Spearman’s rho = − 0.6752

95% CI (− 0.8043; − 0.5461)

 

SF-12 physical health scale versus

STAI state anxiety scale**

Spearman’s rho = − 0.3082

95% CI (− 0.5610; − 0.0555)

 

STAI state anxiety scale (manual) versus

STAI state anxiety scale***

 

Difference = 0.14

95% CI (−2.82;3.10)

  1. * Scales are not measuring the same construct. The correlation is expected to be negative and weak to moderate (− 0.3;-0.5) ** Scales are not measuring the same construct. The correlation is expected to be negative and strong ≥0.5. *** Scales are measuring the same construct and are expected to have a p value > 0.05