A new scale for the evaluation of clinical practice guidelines applicability: development and appraisal

Table 3 Domain-to-total score correlations (Spearman rank) and the inter-correlations per domain

Domains	Items	r _s	Cronbach’s alpha	Cronbach’s alpha (if domain deleted)	r _F1	r _F2	r _F3	r _F4
F1 Technical level	4	0.85^*	0.90	0.94	1.00
F2 Coordination of support	2	0.83^*	0.82	0.95	0.64^*	1.00
F3 Structure and content	9	0.95^*	0.89	0.94	0.72^*	0.76^*	1.00
F4 The role of the guideline	4	0.93^*	0.87	0.94	0.74^*	0.75^*	0.84^*	1.00
Total scale	19	1.00	0.95	–

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