Table 3. Content validity of the Vietnamese version of the UTBAS-6 scale (n=5)

Item Clarity Relevance
A I-CVI Pc K A I-CVI Pc K
1. I will never be successful because of my stuttering. 5/5 1.00 0.03 1.00 5/5 1.00 0.03 1.00
2. People will think I am incapable/incompetent due to my stutter. 5/5 1.00 0.03 1.00 5/5 1.00 0.03 1.00
3. People will think I am different. 5/5 1.00 0.03 1.00 4/5 0.80 0.16 0.76
4. I do not want to go out - people will not like me. 5/5 1.00 0.03 1.00 4/5 0.80 0.16 0.76
5. Even when I try to say something that is meaningful - I can’t say it straight away. 3/5 0.60 0.31 0.42 4/5 0.80 0.16 0.76
6. I will never finish my explanation - people will misunderstand me. 5/5 1.00 0.03 1.00 5/5 1.00 0.03 1.00
S-CVI/Ave = 0.93S-CVI/UA = 0.83 S-CVI/Ave = 0.90S-CVI/UA = 1.00
A: The number of experts rated the item as a 3 or 4 on a 4-point scale
I-CVI: Item-content validity index; S-CVI: Scale-content validity index; S-CVI/Ave is averages of the item-level CVIs; S-CVI/UA: universal agreement among experts that was the proportion of items rated at level 3 or 4.
Pc: Probability of chance agreement
K: Modified kappa statistic coefficient