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Table 3 Item-fit statistics for the 9Q product and 9QSF combination items’ suitability for the GRM by using chi2W item-fit statistics (adult participants; N = 1,355)

From: Comparison of unweighted and item response theory-based weighted sum scoring for the Nine-Questions Depression-Rating Scale in the Northern Thai Dialect

9Q Product

9QSF Combination

Mood (χ2=25.57, p<0.001)

Mood (χ2=39.37, p<0.001)

Interest (χ2=1.75, p=0.186)

Interest (χ2=6.48, p=0.011)

Sleep (χ2=7.57, p=0.006)

Sleep (χ2=9.28, p=0.002)

Fatigue (χ2=4.90, p=0.027)

Fatigue (χ2=4.49, p=0.034)

Weight (χ2=5.98, p=0.015)

Weight (χ2=10.46, p=0.001)

Guilt (χ2=1.37, p=0.241)

Guilt (χ2=7.07, p=0.008)

Concentration (χ2=4.76, p=0.029)

Concentration (χ2=9.96, p=0.002)

Psychomotor (χ2=3.07, p=0.080)

Psychomotor (χ2=3.21, p=0.073)

Suicide (χ2=22.79, p<0.001)

Suicide (χ2=45.38, p<0.001)

  1. p-values were derived from the chi2W values for polytomous items according to Kondratek (2020) [38]