Table 3.
Factor Loadings* | ||||
Items | Benefits | Barriers | Unique Variance | |
Osteoporosis drug treatment benefits† | ||||
1 | Drug treatments can help to build strong bones | 0.80 | 0.07 | 0.36 |
2 | You would feel good about taking drug treatments to prevent osteoporosis | 0.94 | -0.06 | 0.11 |
3 | Drug treatments can cut down the chances of broken bones | 0.87 | 0.10 | 0.25 |
6 | You would consider taking drug treatments to prevent broken bones | 0.90 | -0.06 | 0.17 |
11 | If your doctor advised you to, you would take drug treatments to prevent broken bones | 0.78 | -0.12 | 0.36 |
Drug treatment barriers† | ||||
8‡ | You are taking too many medications | -0.12 | 0.85 | 0.25 |
9‡ | You have stomach problems that limit your ability to take drug treatment | 0.14 | 0.56 | 0.69 |
*Varimax solutions calculated using polychoric correlation and asymptotic covariance matrices, explains 78.2% of model variance (benefits: 57.2%, barriers: 21.0%).
† Sub-scales labeled based on item content.
‡ Items 8 and 9 reverse coded prior to factor analysis.