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Table 3. Factor loadings of the Persian OPQOL-brief to assess construct validity

From: Persian version of the brief Older People’s Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL-brief): the evaluation of the psychometric properties

Items

Extracted factorsa

Socioeconomic well-being

Emotional well-being

Physical well-being

I get pleasure from my home

0.762

  

I feel safe where I live

0.750

  

I have social or leisure activities/hobbies that I enjoy doing

0.662

  

My family, friends or neighbors would help me if needed

0.595

  

I have enough money to pay for household bills

0.538

  

I look forward to things

 

0.826

 

I take life as it comes and make the best of things

 

0.757

 

I enjoy my life overall

 

0.659

 

I feel lucky compared to most people

 

0.577

 

I am healthy enough to have my independence

  

0.889

I am healthy enough to get out and about

  

0.860

I try to stay involved with things

  

0.509

I can please myself what I do

 

0.542

0.412

Variance explained (%)*

20.9

19.1

17.2

  1. aExploratory factor analysis with Varimax rotation; Factor loadings < 0.4 are not shown for simplicity
  2. *Variance explained resulted from factor analysis