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Table 2 IPOS-COV subscales items, factor loadings and percentage variance explained by each factor/subscale

From: Adaptation and multicentre validation of a patient-centred outcome scale for people severely ill with COVID (IPOS-COV)

Items

Breathlessness and Agitation

(Breath-Ag)

Gastro-intestinal Issues (GI)

Drowsiness and Delirium (Drow-Deli)

Flu-like symptoms (Flu)

(Variance Explained %)

18.3

13.7

10.9

10.6

Agitation

0.81

   

Anxiety

0.72

   

Breathlessness

0.53

   

Nausea

 

0.90

  

Vomiting

 

0.61

  

Drowsiness

  

0.85

 

Weakness or lack of energy

  

0.47

 

Confusion or Delirium

  

0.33

 

Sore or dry mouth or throat

   

0.47

Fever

   

0.41

Cough

   

0.37

Shivering

   

0.35

Pain

   

0.30

  1. Blanks represent factor loadings < 0.30/ − 0.30. Numbers in bold represent factor loadings.