Cross-sectional validity and specificity of comprehensive measurement in lymphedema and lipedema of the lower extremity: a comparison of five outcome instruments

Table 3 Factor solutions reflecting the main construct domains

	Lymphedema	(n = 107)	Lipedema	(n = 96)
	Physical health	Mental health	Physical health	Mental health
SF-36
Physical functioning	0.83	0.28	0.85	0.02
Role physical	0.72	0.44	0.82	0.24
Bodily pain	0.74	0.23	0.73	0.32
General health	0.62	0.27	0.47	0.43
Vitality	0.42	0.78	0.26	0.76
Social functioning	0.53	0.58	0.41	0.66
Role emotional	0.48	0.65	0.35	0.61
Mental health	0.29	0.84	0.10	0.83
FLQA-lk
Physical complaints	0.76	0.35	0.55	0.40
Everyday life	0.76	0.47	0.75	0.44
Social life	0.43	0.71	0.40	0.73
Emotional well-being	0.46	0.77	0.34	0.81
Treatment	0.34	0.25	0.33	0.31
Health state	0.67	0.49	0.64	0.39
KOS-ADL
Symptoms	0.79	0.22	0.85	0.12
Function	0.85	0.15	0.84	0.07
Function change	0.79	0.14	0.69	0.21
SCL-90R
Interpersonal sensitivity	0.10	0.86	−0.06	0.80
Obsessive/compulsive	0.11	0.84	0.14	0.76
Explained variance (%)	56.8	10.3	47.7	13.3
Explained variance total (%)		67.1		61.0

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