Table 3.

Summary of factor loadings for PCS-C and PCS-P

Item	PCS-C Two factors & 13-items		PCS-C One factor & 11-items
Item 3: … terrible and think it’s never going to get better.	.92		.79
Item 4: … awful and feel it takes overwhelms me.	.80		.81
Item 5: … can’t stand it anymore.	.80		.77
Item 2: … feel I can’t go on.	.76		.722
Item 1: … worry all the time whether the pain will end.	.71		.77
Item 13: … wonder whether something serious may happen.	.65		.62
Item 6: … afraid that pain will get worse.	.61		.78
Item 12: … nothing I can do to reduce the pain.	.47		.55
Item 7: … keep thinking of other painful events.	.39		--
Item 9: … can’t keep it out of my mind.		−.99	.80
Item 10: … keep thinking about how much it hurts.		−.81	.80
Item 11: … keep thinking about how much I want the pain to stop.		−.48	.69
Item 8: … want pain to go away.		−.40	--
Eigenvalue	6.94	1.09	6.46
% Variance	53.4	8.39	58.8