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Table 6 Factor analysis

From: Reliability, validity and clinical correlates of the Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s disease (QoL-AD) scale in medical inpatients

QoL-AD item

Factor 1: physical

Factor 2: social

Factor 3: psychological

h2

Energy

0.64

   

Ability to do things for fun

0.63

   

Physical

0.60

   

Ability to do chores

0.59

   

Marriage

 

0.67

  

Living situation

 

0.61

  

Friends

 

0.51

  

Family

 

0.42

  

Money

 

0.36

  

Life as a whole

 

0.44

  

Self as a whole

  

0.64

 

Mood

  

0.55

 

Memory

  

0.51

 

% variance

16 %

15 %

9 %

40 %

  1. Exploratory factor analysis of the composite score. The rotated factor solution is displayed. Percentage variance is post-rotation. Factor loading values below .35 are not included h2 = communalities
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