Table 5 shows the reliability analysis of the 15 items of the
stress scale. The item mean and standard deviation ranged
between the highest for lack of privacy 2.5±0.6 and lowest for
shortage of essential resources 1.76 ±0.6. As regards the alpha if
item deleted ranged between 0.87 and 0.88 in relation to the
total alpha score for the scale (0.88), thus indicating the stability
of the scale with a high internal consistency of the scale items as
well as the relevance of the items composing the scale.