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. 2009 Mar 15;7(3):145–149. doi: 10.4321/s1886-36552009000300003

Table 2.

Factor loadings of the items

Items Component
1a 2b
1 All pharmacists should perform pharmaceutical care 0.61
2 The primary responsibility of pharmacists in all health care settings should be to prevent and solve medication related problems 0.54
3 Pharmacists’ primary responsibility should be to practice pharmaceutical care 0.74
4 Pharmacy students can perform pharmaceutical care 0.38
5 I think the practice of pharmaceutical care is valuable 0.58
6 I would like to perform pharmaceutical care as a pharmacist practitioner 0.59
7 Providing pharmaceutical care is professionally rewarding 0.62
8 I feel that pharmaceuttical care is the right direction for the profession to be headed toward 0.58
9 I feel that phrmaceutical care movements will improve patients health 0.61
10 I feel that pharmaceutical care movements will improve patients health 0.64
11 I feel that practising pharmaceutical care will benefit my professional pharmacy career as a pharmacy practitioner 0.66

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.

Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.

a

Professional benefit

b

Professional duty