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Copyright ©2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2009; 15(25): 3173-3177
Published online Jul 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3173
Table 1 Internal consistency of items in each domain
FactorDomainCronbach’s α
1Interference0.944
2Know/control0.906
3Eat/drink0.833
4Sleep disturb0.960
Table 2 Pearson item-dimension correlation coefficients
ItemDomains
InterferenceKnow/controlEat/drinkSleep disturb
010.6260.5310.4610.354
020.7010.8170.4500.376
030.6660.8120.4920.396
040.5220.4930.9060.457
050.4570.4760.8400.454
060.5890.4840.8520.389
070.4730.4760.4720.982
080.5110.5360.5090.980
090.8220.6400.5210.464
100.8280.6380.5200.399
110.8260.6770.4550.437
120.8180.6350.4460.403
130.8150.5680.4820.342
140.8000.5750.4320.397
150.7940.5640.4710.289
160.7710.7150.4670.442
170.7530.8320.4240.430
180.7420.8430.5050.528
190.7460.7740.4820.374
200.8240.8270.5540.458
210.7510.6240.4770.370
220.5570.7710.3680.347
230.5060.7100.3620.321
240.7090.8140.5270.487
250.6310.5770.3270.294
Table 3 Rotated component matrix
ItemComponent
1234
220.7770.1010.154
230.7350.145
190.7250.3520.201
170.7150.4170.223
180.6850.3670.1780.312
200.6840.4480.2610.184
240.6400.3320.2660.257
030.6340.3120.336
020.6120.4130.263
160.5980.4450.1560.225
250.5360.374
130.2060.8530.200
140.2160.8350.1170.164
150.2250.8280.204
100.3540.6950.2700.122
120.3950.6890.1070.202
090.3410.6590.2840.215
110.4490.6300.1320.248
210.4580.5010.2580.129
010.3350.3780.3770.124
040.1820.2350.8340.188
050.2770.7620.248
060.1710.3990.713
070.1970.1800.2250.908
080.2550.1920.2560.878