Table 3.
Factor Structure. Rotated Component Matrix
| Component (regression coefficients) | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Treatment Burden | |||||
| Store your medication | .811 | ||||
| Prepare your medication for use | .780 | ||||
| Take your medication at the right time | .774 | ||||
| Carry your medication and supplies around with you | .738 | ||||
| The ease and convenience of your medication | .712 | ||||
| Monitor your blood sugar as often as necessary | .645 | ||||
| Daily Life | |||||
| Social activities | .749 | ||||
| Do you have to limit your daily activities? | .743 | ||||
| Do you accomplish less than you would like to? | .693 | ||||
| Meal time planning | .675 | ||||
| Do you feel tension in your relationships with friends or family? | .480 | ||||
| Diabetes Management | |||||
| Help you prevent feeling tired or a lack of energy | .813 | ||||
| Help you avoid high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) | .758 | ||||
| Help you manage your weight | .754 | ||||
| Help you control your diabetes | .750 | ||||
| Help you avoid low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) | .683 | ||||
| Compliance | |||||
| Miss a dose | .863 | ||||
| Delay or postpone taking your medication | .825 | ||||
| Take your medication at a different time than prescribed | .798 | ||||
| Worry that you forgot to take/or missed your last dose of medication | .682 | ||||
| Psychological Health | |||||
| Angry | .796 | ||||
| Nervous or anxious | .783 | ||||
| Worried about side effects from my medication | .734 | ||||
| Depressed | .731 | ||||
| Unhealthy | .721 | ||||
| Worried about my blood sugar control | .717 | ||||
| Worried that the medication is not helping to slow down or prevent complications from my diabetes | .702 | ||||
| Feel embarrassed or awkward when taking your medication | .401 | ||||
| Component (regression coefficients) | |||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Device Function | |||||
| That you are using the device properly | .819 | ||||
| Keep your device functioning properly | .797 | ||||
| Ease - learn how to use your device | .764 | ||||
| That your device delivers the correct, full dose of your medication | .734 | ||||
| Adjust your medication for small dose changes | .677 | ||||
| Device Bother | |||||
| Physical discomfort related to using your device | .886 | ||||
| Using your device in public | .845 | ||||
| Bothered-Size of your device | .818 | ||||