. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2014 May-Jun;29(3):242–256. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e31828f0d01

Table 5.

	Factor Analysis							Factor Description	Baseline % Correct
Question#	Component								Baseline % Correct
	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7
5	.614							Factor #1 Self-Management Principles	51.8
24	.604								46.0
27	.563								75.6
17	.554								53.5
20	.525								83.1
23	.494								57.9

28^*

12		.814						Factor #2 Risk Identification	49.4
2		.808							48.6
16		.519							26.8
18		.487							60.7
9		.486							39.7

4			.649					Factor #3 Health Improvement Issues	91.8
1			.599						82.5
3			.578						81.0

5^*
11^*

25				.686				Factor #4 Symptom Recognition	39.4
30				.685					12.6
31				.421					66.1

29^*
10^*

13					.580			Factor #5 Reasoning Ability	37.1
14					.452				13.0
21					.450				87.1

22^*

26						.637		Factor #6 Self-Care Strategies	86.5
19						.617		Factor #6 Self-Care Strategies	92.7

8							.739	Factor #7 Intervention Identification	54.3
6							.457		80.2
7							.407		80.9

Table metric shows Pearson correlation between each test item and the corresponding factor.

^b*

Indicates items that did not load significantly (.4 or greater) on any factor