Validation of the care transition measure in multi-ethnic South-East Asia in Singapore

Table 4 Factor loadings of the CTM-15 items measured on the 5-point scale after Varimax rotation

	English CTM-15				Chinese CTM-15
	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4
1. Agreed health goals and means	0.537	0.540				0.654
2. Preferences deciding health needs		0.847				0.885
3. Preferences deciding where needs met		0.853				0.884
4. Had information needed for self-care	0.744				0.546
5. Understand how to manage health	0.745				0.654
6. Understand signs and symptoms				0.665				0.655
7. Understand medications’ purpose			0.823				0.765
8. Understand how to take medications			0.884				0.735
9. Understand medications’ side effects				0.627			0.566
10. Had written list appointments and lists			0.572				0.671
11. Had written care plan				0.782				0.733
12. Understand what makes better or worse	0.683			0.330				0.547
13. Understand care responsibilities	0.808				0.647
14. Confident knew how to manage	0.839				0.856
15. Confident could do what needed	0.803				0.869
Variance explained	67.3%				67.7%

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