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Table 6 PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales factor loadings for child self- and parent proxy-report in children with cancer

From: Measuring health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module

Subscale

Item

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

Factor 5

Factor 6

Physical functioning

P1

.666

.000

.153

.065

.131

.126

  

.338

.700

.078

.041

.064

.005

 

P2

.825

-.037

.127

.101

-.021

.123

  

-.031

.779

.250

.092

.121

.243

 

P3

.828

.047

-.029

-.135

.100

-.022

  

-.020

.756

-.093

.168

.025

.042

 

P4

.804

.274

-.052

-.249

.004

.036

  

-.123

.807

-.116

.157

.210

.062

 

P5

.721

.468

.091

.241

-.024

-.034

  

.185

.693

.153

-.046

.190

.151

 

P6

.373

-.002

.203

.477

.094

.051

  

-.043

.658

.292

.082

.256

.074

 

P7

.620

.139

-.103

.172

.023

.072

  

.620

.345

.055

-.189

.028

.186

 

P8

.527

.228

.059

.121

.114

-.157

  

.571

.073

.108

.183

.259

.068

Emotional functioning

E1

-.018

.070

.830

.165

.082

.130

  

-.049

.225

-.129

.048

.777

.009

 

E2

.026

.188

.710

.026

.102

.035

  

.093

.225

-.021

.179

.780

-.163

 

E3

.136

.217

.688

.105

.135

.121

  

.225

.182

.012

.007

.748

.134

 

E4

-.005

.002

.263

-.013

.071

.755

  

.205

.148

.050

.726

.377

-.070

 

E5

.173

-.206

.305

-.048

-.084

.638

  

.200

.143

-.082

.555

.407

-.268

Social functioning

S1

.227

.697

.209

.179

-.302

.199

  

.202

.152

.700

.293

-.158

-.128

 

S2

.160

.848

.005

.009

.069

.178

  

-.026

-.017

.367

.777

.058

.124

 

S3

-.025

.695

.217

.126

.216

-.271

  

-.155

.040

.563

.217

.232

.176

 

S4

.199

.412

.781

.256

-.064

.009

  

-.203

.039

.506

.089

.268

.074

 

S5

.025

.668

.265

.318

.198

.131

  

.017

.254

.756

.092

.044

.003

School functioning

Sc1

-.207

.378

.006

.716

-.059

.069

  

.161

.078

.134

-.102

.138

.664

 

Sc2

-.038

.031

.255

.802

.021

-.170

  

-.040

-.014

.187

.189

.039

.521

 

Sc3

-.068

.187

.089

.600

.194

.072

  

.179

.041

.181

.052

.047

.833

 

Sc4

.154

.096

.021

.040

.923

-.094

  

.860

.135

-.045

.181

-.012

.290

 

Sc5

.030

.044

.253

.095

.908

.152

  

.111

.233

.015

-.119

.110

.813

Eigenvalue

 

6.744

2.844

2.208

1.878

1.579

1.145

  

7.457

3.554

2.453

1.956

1.699

1.182

Percent Variance

 

25.32

10.364

9.602

7.164

5.865

3.977

  

28.074

11.103

10.665

8.071

6.517

5.138

  1. Note: Bold values indicate the largest factor loading for each item.
  2. In each cell, child self-report loading are shown above and the parent proxy-report loading are shown below in italics.
  3. Extraction Method: Principle Component Analysis. Rotation Method: Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization. Total Variance Explained for child self-report: 62.3%; for Parent Proxy-report: 69.6%.
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