Table 3. Principal components analyses: factor loadings for barriers to obtaining cancer information.
|
Factors |
|
---|---|---|
Please tell us whether each of the following issues was a large problem, a small problem, or no problem at all in finding or getting the information you wanted about your cancer | Information Access Barriers | Information Utilization Barriers |
I did not have enough access to the Internet |
0.928 |
|
I did not have enough access to a computer |
0.920 |
|
Difficulties in using a computer |
0.867 |
|
Difficulties using an on-line search tool or software |
0.860 |
|
There was no way to tell if information was accurate |
|
0.876 |
There was no way to tell if information was up-to-date |
|
0.855 |
There was no way to tell if information was relevant to my situation |
|
0.804 |
There was too much information |
|
0.682 |
The available information used too many technical terms | 0.584 |
Note: Factor loadings for a promax oblique rotation. We presented factor loadings, all of which were>0.4.