Table 4 Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the ASCQ-Me
Item | Standardised Regression Weighta |
|---|---|
Pain | |
 How often did you have pain so bad that you could not do anything for a whole day? | 0.91 |
 How often did you have pain so bad that you could not get out of bed? | 0.88 |
 How often did you have very severe pain? | 0.91 |
 How often did you have pain so bad that you had to stop what you were doing? | 0.92 |
 How often did you have pain so bad that it was hard to finish what you were doing? | 0.95 |
Sleep | |
 How often did you stay up most of the night because you could not fall asleep? | 0.57 |
 How often was it very easy for you to fall asleep? | < 0.40 |
 How often did you have a lot of trouble falling asleep? | 0.87 |
 How often did you stay up all night because you could not fall asleep? | 0.90 |
 How often did you stay up half the night because you could not fall asleep? | 0.94 |
Stiffness | |
 How often were your joints very stiff when you woke up? | 0.84 |
 How often were your joints very stiff during the day? | 0.80 |
 How often were your joints so stiff during the day that you could not move? | 0.87 |
 How often did you wake up so stiff that you could not move? | 0.90 |
 How often did it take you a very long time to get out of bed because of stiffness? | 0.90 |
Emotional Distress | |
 How often did you did you feel completely hopeless because of your health? | 0.90 |
 How lonely did you feel because of your health problems? | 0.90 |
 How depressed were you about your health problems? | 0.86 |
 How much do you worry about getting sick? | 0.76 |
 How often were you very worried about needing to go to the hospital? | 0.76 |
Social Functioning | |
 How much did you rely on others to take care of you because of your health? | 0.76 |
 How often did your health slow you down? | 0.93 |
 How often did your health make it hard for you to do things? | 0.93 |
 How often did your health keep you from going out? | 0.83 |
 How much did your health make it hard for you to do things with your friends? | 0.84 |