Table 2.

Standardized loadings from confirmatory factor analysis of the full 11-item and final eight-item caregivers’ satisfaction with inpatient stroke care (C-SASC) hospital scales

C-SASC hospital scale	Initial loading	Final loading
1. I have been treated with kindness and respect by the staff at the hospital	0.90	0.94
2. The staff attended to my personal needs while I was in hospital and tried to support me as much as possible	0.80	0.85
3. I was able to talk to the staff about any problems I might have had	0.79	0.81
4. I received all the information I wanted to about the causes and nature of the illness of the patient I take care of	0.63	0.59
5. The doctors did everything they could to make the patient I take care of well again	0.74	0.69
6. I am happy with the level of recovery the patient I take care of has made	0.46	–
7. I am satisfied with the type of treatment the therapists have given the patient I take care of (e.g., physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy)	0.74	0.69
8. The patient I take care of has had sufficient therapy (e.g., physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy)	0.51	–
9. The patient I take care of has been treated with kindness and respect by hospital staff	0.94	0.92
10. The hospitalization process went smoothly	0.57	0.57
11. I received all the information I wanted to about recovery and rehabilitation after a stroke	0.61	–