Table 2.

Construct reliability and convergent validity.

Construct and item		Indicator loading	Cronbach α	Composite reliability	Average variance extracted
PCa			.851	0.851	0.870
	PC1	0.934	N/Ab	N/A	N/A
	PC2	0.932	N/A	N/A	N/A
PPc			.816	0.834	0.651
	PP1	0.826	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PP2	0.871	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PP3	0.870	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PP4	0.637	N/A	N/A	N/A
POd			.762	0.770	0.651
	PO1	0.872	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PO2	0.829	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PO3	0.767	N/A	N/A	N/A
PTe			.863	0.868	0.646
	PT1	0.866	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PT2	0.797	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PT3	0.773	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PT4	0.767	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PT5	0.812	N/A	N/A	N/A
Patient empowerment			.843	0.850	0.520
	PP1	0.750	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PP2	0.816	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PP3	0.780	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PP4	0.597	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PO1	0.760	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PO2	0.663	N/A	N/A	N/A
	PO3	0.656	N/A	N/A	N/A

^aPC: patient compliance.

^bN/A: not applicable.

^cPP: patient process.

^dPO: patient outcome.

^ePT: patient trust in the health care provider.