Table 6: EORTC-QLQ-BR23: Exploratory factor analysis factor loadings and reliability analysis: Internal consistency reliability and item-total correlation.
Items |
Mean |
SD |
Factors |
Corrected item-total correlation |
Cronbach’s alpha |
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|
Factor 1 (Body image) |
Factor 2 (Arm and breast symptoms) |
Factor 3 (Systemic side effect) |
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Q31 |
1.85 |
1.074 |
|
|
0.529 |
0.404 |
0.635 |
Q32 |
1.32 |
0.776 |
|
|
0.737 |
0.479 |
|
Q33 |
1.4 |
0.757 |
|
|
0.389 |
0.294 |
|
Q34 |
1.71 |
1.038 |
|
|
0.524 |
0.310 |
|
Q36 |
1.62 |
0.937 |
|
|
0.529 |
0.367 |
|
Q37 |
1.2 |
0.637 |
|
|
0.534 |
0.407 |
|
Q39 |
1.71 |
1.085 |
0.782 |
|
|
0.661 |
0.795
|
Q40 |
1.79 |
1.121 |
0.799 |
|
|
0.662 |
|
Q41 |
1.78 |
1.136 |
0.803 |
|
|
0.653 |
|
Q42 |
1.65 |
1.043 |
0.780 |
|
|
0.604 |
|
Q43 |
2.16 |
1.185 |
0.396 |
|
|
0.335 |
|
Q47 |
2.48 |
1.181 |
|
0.544 |
|
0.618 |
|
Q48 |
1.79 |
1.097 |
|
0.497 |
|
0.486 |
0.775
|
Q49 |
2.03 |
1.147 |
|
0.616 |
|
0.660 |
|
Q50 |
1.74 |
0.937 |
|
0.633 |
|
0.519 |
|
Q51 |
1.22 |
0.587 |
|
0.441 |
|
0.334 |
|
Q52 |
1.3 |
0.701 |
|
0.777 |
|
0.467 |
|
Q53 |
1.39 |
0.789 |
|
0.677 |
|
0.424 |