Development and psychometric properties of a scale for measuring internal participation from a patient and health care professional perspective

Table 9 Convergent and discriminant validity of IPS (bivariate correlation coefficients)

		Correlation with IPS
	*Staff questionnaire*
Convergent validity	Organization and communication ¹⁾	.578**
	Workplace Atmosphere/Climate ¹⁾	.748**
	Leadership appraisal ¹⁾	.551**
Discriminant validity	External participation (SDM-Q-doc) (staff questionnaire)	.249**
	*Patient survey*
Convergent validity	Patient satisfaction ²⁾	.593**
Discriminant validity	External participation (SDM-Q-9)	.262**
	Health status (IRES-24)	.039

NOTE: ** Correlations are significant at p ≤ 0.001.
¹⁾Questionnaire on staff satisfaction in medical rehabilitation.
²⁾Questionnaire on patient satisfaction (based on the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire).

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