Table 1.

Factor Loadings of Individual Items of the Illness Management Survey (N=126)

	Factor1	Factor2	Factor3	Factor4
	Negativity	Cognitive Difficulty	Social Influence	Denial
The doctors do a good job of explaining things to me. (R)	0.62319	−0.14137	−0.00590	0.21006
The doctors don’t seem to understand how much my regimen gets in the way of important things in my life.	0.61940	0.06885	−0.02928	−0.06591
It feels like the doctors are too busy or rushed to talk to me about my illness and my regimen.	0.59779	0.05414	−0.05053	0.10984
The doctors treat me like a little kid who can’t take care of her/himself.	0.57844	0.04301	−0.08732	0.14852
I don’t always trust the doctors and nurses.	0.54171	0.10748	−0.04006	0.11084
My doctors are friendly and easy to talk to. (R)	0.51156	−0.19916	0.10006	0.46346
My regimen causes changes to my body that I don’t like.	0.49785	−0.07050	0.10827	−0.13402
My regimen has side effects that I really don’t like.	0.49074	0.21364	0.02828	−0.25688
Following my regimen causes me physical pain or discomfort.	0.40946	0.26787	0.06575	−0.07288
It’s hard for me to stay organized enough to keep track of medications or other things related to my illness.	−0.09246	0.72703	−0.05466	0.26975
When there are changes to my regimen I sometimes get confused.	0.01996	0.72022	0.09770	−0.07162
Sometimes I can’t remember everything I’m supposed to do about my illness.	0.02376	0.67232	−0.07449	0.09619
When I feel nervous or worried, it’s hard to follow my regimen	0.24501	0.50870	0.02578	−0.15727
It’s hard for me to plan things out carefully, so sometimes I don’t get around to following my regimen.	0.05676	0.47603	0.08994	0.24605
I don’t want my friends to know about my illness.	0.00321	−0.00347	0.67911	0.09965
I don’t mind if my friends bring up my illness or ask me questions about it. (R)	−0.15940	−0.00935	0.61125	0.16268
None of my friends has to deal with this, why do I?	0.07611	0.02860	0.56934	−0.11648
My family doesn’t understand what it’s like to live with my illness.	0.22545	0.03789	0.40747	−0.04561
Nothing bad would happen to me if I didn’t follow my regimen.	−0.07129	0.15082	0.12182	0.55967
I refuse to give up time with friends to take care of my illness.	0.09049	0.13770	−0.06608	0.53723

Note: (R) reverse coded items.

Table adopted from the article by Logan et al.¹⁶ with copyright permission from the author and the publisher.