Table 3 Structure of the final 3 domain German patient survey as emerged from analysis (9 items, Cronbach’s α = 0.917)
Domain | Items | Factor analysis with listwise deletion of cases with missing values, N = 29, retention of 3 factors, KMO = 0.787, Bartlett’s test < 0.001 | Factor analysis with replacement of missing values with the variable mean, N = 279, eigenvalue > 1, KMO = 0.739, Bartlett’s test < 0.001 | ||||
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MSA | λ | R2 | MSA | λ | R2 | ||
Link to Community Resources (α = 0.936) | Someone in my primary care team asks me about what I need for support, e.g. with home care, equipment or transportation. | 0.826 | 0.869 | 0.884 | 0.713 | 0.883 | 0.800 |
Someone in my primary care team gives me information about services offered at their practice or in my community, e.g. counselling centres, support groups and rehabilitation programmes. | 0.807 | 0.874 | 0.935 | 0.683 | 0.908 | 0.835 | |
Someone in my primary care team encourages me to attend programs in my community that could help me, e.g. support or sports groups. | 0.850 | 0.845 | 0.826 | 0.874 | 0.775 | 0.665 | |
Communication (α = 0.838) | I get the results of my lab tests in a timely manner. | 0.758 | 0.859 | 0.925 | 0.714 | 0.853 | 0.767 |
Someone in my primary care team tells me all my test results, good and bad. | 0.739 | 0.877 | 0.854 | 0.676 | 0.903 | 0.845 | |
Someone in my primary care team helps me understand my test results, e.g. laboratory values or X-ray results. | 0.807 | 0.816 | 0.913 | 0.818 | 0.766 | 0.648 | |
Care Transitions (α = 0.843) | After I leave the hospital, my primary care team knows about the care I received from the hospital. | 0.747 | 0.898 | 0.907 | 0.702 | 0.896 | 0.811 |
After I leave the hospital, my primary care team helps me to get back on my feet. | 0.732 | 0.869 | 0.924 | 0.710 | 0.894 | 0.822 | |
After I leave the hospital, my primary care team knows about new prescriptions or if there was a change in my medication. | 0.824 | 0.479 | 0.680 | 0.826 | 0.732 | 0.666 | |