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Table 5 Obliquely rotated component loadings for 37 items*

From: Quality of physical therapy from a patient’s perspective; factor analysis on web-based survey data revealed three dimensions on patient experiences with physical therapy

Dimension

Item no. and description

Component

  

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1

1. Appropriate treatment time

0.52

            

3, 7 & 10

2. Fit between the actual and expected intervention period

0.48

            

3

3. Tried to understand my problem

0.44

            

3

4. Informed about course of disease

0.63

            

3

5. Explained daily exercises

0.60

            

3

6. Advised on daily life

0.64

            

3

7. Open attitude to questions

0.40

            

3

8. Clear explanations

0.43

            

3

9. Clear intervention

0.53

            

4

10. Empathy

0.43

            

4

11. Attentive listening

0.57

            

4

12. Taken seriously

0.47

            

4

13. Taking into account specific needs

0.60

            

4

14. Working together to reach intervention goals

0.58

            

4

15. Feeling at ease

0.50

 

−0.43

          

6

16. Monitoring the accuracy of the exercises at home

0.55

 

0.51

          

6

17. Monitoring the adherence to the advice given

0.60

 

0.50

          

1

18. Access by phone

        

0.43

    

1 & 10

19. Free choice therapist

       

0.40

     

1

20. Waiting time in practice

           

0.66

 

1 & 10

21. Appropriate expertise

   

0.44

         

1

22. Accessibility practice

    

0.42

        

2

23. Comfort exercise room

 

0.51

           

2

24. Comfort waiting room

         

−0.64

   

2

25. Comfortable chairs in waiting room

    

0.57

        

5

26. Treatment by more than one therapist

          

0.49

  

3

27. Informed about intervention period

 

−0.44

           

5

28. Consistency of information

   

0.41

         
  1. *Only loadings >0.4; Bold items are discarded as they load above 0.4 on more than one component.