Table 4. Outcomes of the exploratory factor analysis of the Moroccan SDSCA items (eight-item version: items 3 and 4 deleted): factor loadings and explained variance (N=102).

SDSCA: Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities

Items	Components
	1	2	3	4
1	-	0.94	-	-
2	-	0.95	-	-
5	-	-	0.90	-
6	-	-	0.92	-
7	0.96	-	-	-
8	0.95	-	-	-
9	-	-	-	0.88
10	-	-	-	0.84
Eigenvalues	2.85	1.89	1.31	1.07
% of variance	35.62	23.62	16.44	13.40
Cumulative % of variance	35.62	59.25	75.69	89.10