Table 1.

Varimax Rotated Factor Loadings for 22 Variables Included in Factor Analysis

Variable	Factor 1 (“Advice”)	Factor 2 (“Cardiac”)	Factor 3 (“History”)	Factor 4 (“Symptoms”)	Factor 5 (“Referrals”)
Advice about diet	0.60	−0.09	0.00	0.04	−0.01
Advice about exercise	0.51	0.14	0.01	−0.01	0.10
Advice about smoking	0.49	0.20	0.10	0.13	−0.19
Advice about alcohol	0.47	0.05	0.20	0.18	−0.30
Advice about psych	0.37	−0.11	0.11	−0.04	0.09
Questions about cardiac risk factors	−0.06	0.59	0.00	−0.22	−0.11
Prescribed a cardiac medication	0.05	0.55	−0.22	0.19	0.21
Questions about smoking	0.05	0.48	0.25	−0.03	−0.04
Ordered a cardiac test	−0.03	0.35	0.08	0.03	0.05
Questions about alcohol	0.14	0.13	0.50	0.14	−0.19
Questions about GI history	0.08	−0.03	0.41	0.05	0.00
Questions about cardiac history	0.04	0.17	0.36	−0.13	0.01
Questions about cardiac symptoms	−0.08	0.10	−0.06	0.66	−0.04
Questions about pain	0.09	0.03	0.07	0.31	0.06
Referral to a cardiologist	0.01	0.15	−0.05	−0.10	0.56
Referral to another physician	0.01	−0.05	−0.00	0.10	0.31
Time to next appointment	0.29	−0.25	−0.16	0.00	−0.22
Questions about medications	0.02	0.15	0.21	0.04	−0.18
Questions about diet	−0.04	0.01	0.22	0.01	0.17
Prescribed a GI medication	0.14	−0.08	−0.09	0.24	−0.15
Ordered a GI test	−0.02	−0.12	0.23	0.30	0.06
Number of examinations	0.18	0.30	0.25	0.19	−0.04
Eigenvalues	7.15	5.39	3.50	3.04	2.93

Note. Bold entries indicate an absolute loading of 0.3 or higher on a single factor.