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Table 6 Promax Rotated Factor Loadings for PedsQL™ Family Impact Module

From: A psychometric evaluation of the PedsQL™ Family Impact Module in parents of children with sickle cell disease

  

Factor

 

Item

I

II

III

IV

V

Physical Functioning

...tired during day

0.075

-0.035

0.932

0.061

-0.116

 

...tired in the morning

0.014

-0.039

0.942

0.000

-0.018

 

...too tired to do things I like

-0.025

0.078

0.925

0.010

-0.034

 

...get headaches

-0.018

-0.199

0.689

-0.036

0.388

 

...feel physically weak

-0.089

0.097

0.837

0.210

-0.092

 

...feel sick to my stomach

-0.126

-0.087

0.504

0.405

0.169

Emotional Functioning

...feel anxious

-0.131

0.076

0.306

0.429

0.207

 

...feel sad

-0.048

0.057

-0.131

0.244

0.806

 

...feel angry

-0.043

-0.125

0.074

0.381

0.677

 

...feel frustrated

0.415

-0.140

0.183

-0.002

0.495

 

...feel helpless or hopeless

0.189

0.110

-0.035

-0.036

0.752

Social Functioning

...feel isolated from others

0.149

0.117

0.191

-0.016

0.555

 

...trouble getting support from others

0.176

0.188

0.072

0.029

0.544

 

...hard to find time for social activities

0.138

0.150

0.402

0.011

0.361

 

...enough energy for social activities

-0.006

0.246

0.387

0.192

0.256

Cognitive Functioning

...hard to keep my attention on things

0.081

0.200

0.192

0.635

-0.083

 

...hard to remember what people tell me

0.092

-0.006

0.127

0.825

0.009

 

...hard to remember what I just heard

0.214

0.012

0.026

0.782

0.049

 

...hard to think quickly

0.073

0.185

-0.095

0.753

0.124

 

...trouble remembering what I was just thinking

0.201

-0.087

0.070

0.676

0.128

Worry

...whether child's medical treatments are working

-0.126

0.850

0.013

0.041

0.179

 

...side effects of my child's medications

-0.120

0.886

-0.060

0.205

0.018

 

...how others will react to my child's condition

0.051

0.854

-0.108

0.285

-0.130

 

...my child's illness affects other family members

0.121

0.767

0.036

-0.060

0.039

 

...about my child's future

0.005

0.869

-0.002

-0.162

0.102

Communication

...feel others don't understand my families situation

-0.027

0.389

-0.047

-0.073

0.666

 

...hard to talk about my child's health

-0.107

0.528

-0.047

0.145

0.434

 

...hard to tell doctors and nurses how I feel

0.167

0.305

-0.021

0.249

0.339

Family Relationships

...lack of communication between family members

0.848

-0.031

-0.044

0.064

0.099

 

...conflicts between family members

0.911

-0.027

0.019

0.065

-0.059

 

...difficulty making decisions together as a family

0.890

0.042

-0.045

0.103

-0.013

 

...difficulty solving family problems together

0.904

0.103

-0.048

0.077

-0.016

 

...stress or tension between family members

0.930

-0.188

-0.109

0.138

0.144

Daily Activities

...family activities take more time and effort

0.450

0.512

0.247

-0.046

-0.174

 

...difficulty finding time to finish household tasks

0.490

0.330

0.301

-0.187

0.085

 

...feeling too tired to finish household tasks

0.406

0.372

0.219

-0.085

0.131

  1. Total Variance Explained = 78.2%
  2. Highlighted cells denote factor loadings > 0.50
  3. Results based on n = 139 with complete responses to all items