Table 12.

Exploratory Factor analysis on the 24 facets of WHOQOL-100 and the 13 facets of ChQOL

Facets	Component
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
F2.1 Positive Feelings	.663
F2.2 Thinking, Memory & Concentration	.604
F2.3 Self-esteem	.712
F2.4 Bodily Image and Appearance	.521
F4.1 Personal Relationships	.779
F4.2 Social Support	.643
F4.3 Sexual Activity	.607
F5.5 Acquiring New Information & Skills	.563			.509
F5.6 Participation in Leisure	.675
F6.1 Spirituality/ Religion/ Personal Beliefs	.533
F1.1 Pain & discomfort		-.604
F1.2 Energy and Fatigue		.655
Ch1.3 Stamina		.604
F3.1 Mobility		.768
F3.2 Activities of Daily Living		.723
F3.3 Dependence on Medication		-.723
F3.4 Working Capacity		.650
Ch1.1 Complexion			.535
Ch2.1 Consciousness			.807
Ch2.2 Thinking			.869
Ch2.3 Spirit of Eyes			.776
Ch2.4 Verbal Expression			.786
Ch1.5 Adaptation to climate
F5.1 Physical Safety and Security				.547
F5.2 Home Environment				.730
F5.3 Financial Resources				.704
F5.4 Availability & quality of health & social care				.676
F5.7 Physical Environment				.711
F5.8 Transport				.763
Ch3.1 Joy					.476
Ch3.2 Anger					.664
Ch3.3 Depressed mood					.765
Ch3.4 Fear					.681
F2.5 Negative Feelings					-.570
F1.3 Sleep and Rest						.776
Ch1.2 Sleep						.745
Ch1.4 Appetite & digestion							.580
Variance (%)	13.98	11.74	11.29	10.38	8.68	6.28	3.63
Cumulative (%)	13.98	25.72	37.01	47.40	56.08	62.37	66.00

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis; Eigenvalue >1; Varimax rotation with Kaiser normalization; sorted by factor names; factor loading <0.5 suppressed

Facet labels begin with F are WHOQOL-100 facets

Facet labels begin with Ch are ChQOL facets