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Table 5 Descriptive statistics for belief subscales of the Asking About Alcohol (AAA) Scale

From: Development of a scale to evaluate midwives’ beliefs about assessing alcohol use during pregnancy

Subscale

Items

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Mean (sd)

95 % CI mean

Skewness

Kurtosis

1. Discomfort

11

1

7

4.5

4.4 (1.2)

4.3–4.6

−0.11

−0.41

2. Capacity

5

1

7

5.6

5.4 (1.2)

5.2–5.5

−0.95

1.06

3. Effectiveness

5

3

7

6.2

6.0 (0.9)

5.9–6.2

−0.87

0.48

4. Role

4

2

7

6.5

6.2 (0.9)

6.1–6.4

−1.79

4.66

5. Trust

3

1

7

5.3

5.2 (1.5)

4.9–5.4

−0.51

−0.64

6. Knowledge

2

1

7

3.0

3.5 (1.7)

3.3–3.8

0.43

−0.74

  1. CI confidence interval