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Table 3 Factor loadings

From: Refining a questionnaire to assess breast cancer knowledge and barriers to screening in Kenya: Psychometric assessment of the BCAM

Item

Attended screening events

Did not attend screening events

Communalities

Factor loadings

Communalities

Factor loadings

Domain 1: Knowledge of breast cancer symptoms

Factor 1

 Eigen value

1.50

1.76

 Do you think changes in the size of your breast could be a sign of breast cancer?

0.42

0.65

0.57

0.75

 Do you think changes in the size of your nipple could be a sign of breast cancer?

0.55

0.74

0.63

0.80

 Do you think changes in the shape of your breast or nipple could be signs of breast cancer?

0.53

0.73

0.56

0.75

Domain 4: Barriers to breast cancer screening

Factor 1-Internal influences

 Eigen value

1.99

2.56

 Would you be too embarrassed to go and see the doctor?

0.60

0.77

0.66

0.81

 Would you be too scared to go and see the doctor?

0.47

0.69

0.72

0.84

 Would you be worried about wasting the doctor’s time?

0.71

0.84

0.59

0.76

 I find the doctor difficult to talk to

0.49

0.68

0.38

0.58

 Difficult to make an appointment with the doctor

0.29

0.54

0.30

0.52

Factor 2-External influences

 Eigen value

1.30

0.64

 Would your doctor not understand your language?

0.32

0.55

0.64

0.80

 Would your doctor not understand your culture?

0.31

0.55

0.65

0.80