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Table 3 Final PCA results

From: Development and preliminary psychometric properties of the General Practitioner Attitudes and Confidence Scale (GPACS–D) for dementia

Survey Item

Confidence in clinical abilities

Support for quality of life and care

Communication about dementia progression

Fears and frustrations

1.

 

.622

  

3.

 

.327

 

.466

4.

 

.560

  

5.

 

.522

  

6.

 

.704

  

7.

 

.570

  

8.

   

.782

9.

.304

.451

  

10.

.310

  

.426

11.

   

.745

12.

 

.457

.516

 

13.

  

.849

 

14.

  

.867

 

15.

.562

 

.384

.381

16.

.612

   

17.

.755

   

18.

.776

   

20.

.807

   

21.

.826

   

23.

.713

   

Eigen Values for Component

4.62

2.92

1.50

1.56

Variance explained

23.1

14.6

7.47

7.76

Cronbach’s Alpha

.886

.616

.741

.633

  1. Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis
  2. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalisation
  3. Bold text indicates those items defining each of the identified factors