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Table 2 Item Summary, Internal Consistency Reliability, and Results of Exploratory Factor Analysis for Females (n = 147) and Males (n = 157)

From: Reliability and construct validity of the Participation in Life Activities Scale for children and adolescents with asthma: an instrument evaluation study

   

Internal Consistence Reliability

Factor Analysis Principal Components

 

M

SD

Item to Total Correlation

Scale Alpha & if Item Deleted

KMO Sampling Adequacy

Rescaled Factor Loading (PC)

Rescaled Amount of Variance Explained

Females PLA

1.707

.817

-

.770

.691

-

68.4

   Planning for

.478

.337

.58

.718

-

.824

-

   Interference with

.551

.333

.65

.641

-

.858

-

   Prevention from

.678

.317

.59

.707

-

.798

-

Males PLA

1.919

.742

-

.711

.653

-

63.2

   Planning for

.486

.332

.46

.701

-

.796

-

   Interference with

.618

.306

.59

.534

-

.826

-

   Prevention from

.815

.295

.53

.615

-

.762

-