Table 2

Comparison of Cronbach’s α coefficients in studies using different Chinese SF-36 versions

	Cronbach’s α
Scale	Hangzhou (n=1316)	Hong Kong (n=236)*	American Chinese (n=156)†
Lam et al.¹⁸ †Ren et al*.¹⁷
PF	0.87	0.78	0.92
RP	0.88	0.83	0.82
BP	0.80	0.87	0.78
GH	0.72	0.71	0.82
VT	0.66	0.74	0.73
SF	0.39	0.65	0.54
RE	0.87	0.77	0.88
MH	0.75	0.77	0.74