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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2009 Nov–Dec;32(6):429–436. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181b046ad

Table 5.

Exploratory factor analysis using ratings of symptom severity at the end of radiation therapy

Symptoms	Factor 1 (Mood-cognitive symptom cluster)	Factor 2 (Sickness-behavior symptom cluster)	Factor 3 (Treatment-related symptom cluster)
Difficulty concentrating	.55
Feeling sad	.68
Worrying	.95
Itching	.37
Feeling irritable	.83
Pain		.58
Lack of energy		.84
Feeling drowsy		1.1
Difficulty sleeping		.44
Sweats		.34
Problem with urination			-.61
Changes in skin			.75

Extraction method: robust unweighted least squares, Rotation method: Geomin (oblique) rotation