Table 2.
Factors derived from the principal components analysis of co-workers' ratings
| Factors and items | Mean score [SD] | Factor loadings on primary factor |
Internal consistency reliability | Corrected item-total correlations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship with other health care professionals (57% of variance) | 8.07 [1.11] | .925 | ||
| Is able to verbally communicate effectively with other health care professionals |
8.10 [1.21] | 0.691 | 0.757 | |
| Is courteous to co-workers | 8.35 [1.11] | 0.760 | 0.763 | |
| Respects the professional knowledge and skills of co-workers | 8.31 [1.10] | 0.782 | 0.765 | |
| Collaborates well with co-workers | 8.31 [1.10] | 0.811 | 0.848 | |
| Is accessible for appropriate communication about patients | 8.37 [1.06] | 0.611 | 0.728 | |
| Participates effectively as a member of the health care team | 8.28 [1.13] | 0.660 | 0.766 | |
| This physician presents him/herself in a professional manner | 8.59 [0.92] | 0.574 | 0.740 | |
| Communication with patients (7% of variance) | 8.03 [1.07] | .900 | ||
| Communicates effectively with patients | 8.21 [1.15] | 0.830 | 0.794 | |
| Communicates effectively with families | 8.11 [1.24] | 0.818 | 0.764 | |
| Shows compassion to patients and their families | 8.36 [1.07] | 0.721 | 0.812 | |
| Is courteous to patients and their families | 8.56 [0.89] | 0.656 | 0.772 | |
| Respects the rights of patients to make informed decisions | 8.46 [0.96] | 0.578 | 0.706 | |
| Is reasonably accessible to patients | 8.28 [1.08] | 0.579 | 0.700 | |
| Patient care (6% of variance) | 8.29 [1.06] | .830 | ||
| Accepts responsibility for patient care | 8.64 [0.72] | 0.748 | 0.720 | |
| Maintains confidentiality of patients | 8.69 [0.77] | 0.711 | 0.613 | |
| Accepts responsibility for professional actions | 8.64 [0.86] | 0.781 | 0.773 | |
| Responds appropriately in emergency situations | 8.40 [1.11] | 0.643 | 0.586 | |