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. 2009 May 17;7:42. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-7-42

Table 2.

Factor loadings of the HADS items in Group 1

HADS item F1 F2
HADS-A
 Item 1: feeling of tension 0.73 -0.11
 Item 3: frightened feeling 0.72 0.03
 Item 5: worrying thoughts 0.69 0.13
 Item 7: relaxed feeling 0.26 0.39
 Item 9: butterflies in stomach 0.68 0.00
 Item 11: restless feeling 0.55 -0.07
 Item 13: feeling of panic 0.79 0.02
HADS-D
 Item 2: enjoyment -0.19 0.86
 Item 4: laughter -0.04 0.81
 Item 6: cheerful feeling 0.35 0.23
 Item 8: feeling slowed down 0.19 0.42
 Item 10: lost interest in appearance 0.09 0.30
 Item 12: look forward to things -0.01 0.76
 Item 14: enjoyment of book/radio/TV 0.05 0.70
Eigenvalue 4.85 1.43
Subscale correlation .51

Bold face indicates loadings with absolute values of 0.40 or more.