Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 3 Exploratory Factor analysis of the MacNew items.

From: The validity of the MacNew Quality of Life in heart disease questionnaire

Item No.	Emotion	Restriction	Symptoms	Perception of others	Social
3. Confident	0.76
4. Down in the dumps	0.73
2. Worthless	0.73
15. Lack self-confidence	0.73
18. Frightened	0.71
10. Tearful	0.68
5. Relaxed	0.68
1. Frustrated	0.64
7. Happy	0.60
23. Burden on others	0.56			0.51
6. Worn out	0.44				0.36
17. Limited in exercise		0.89
26. Physically restricted		0.88
20. Restricted		0.88
12. Social activities		0.47		0.39	0.46
19. Dizzy			0.74
16. Aching legs			0.74
9. Short of breath			0.72
8. Restless	0.44		0.48
22. Family overprotective				0.79
11. More dependent				0.66
13. Others' confidence			0.42	0.48
14. Chest pain					0.74
25. Unable to socialise		0.42		0.41	0.55
24. Felt excluded	0.35	0.37			0.42
Total variance explained	21.62%	13.70%	9.90%	9.29%	7.33%	Total = 61.84%

N.B. All factor loadings < 0.35 have been omitted to aid clarity

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