Table 2.
Factor analysis pattern matrix, R-DAQ, total sample
| R-DAQ items | Factor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7: I feel confident in assessing depression in patients | .896 | -.043 | .016 |
| 17: I feel confident in assessing suicide risk in patients presenting with depression | .856 | -.042 | .019 |
| 1: I feel comfortable in dealing with depressed patients’ needs | .789 | .034 | .044 |
| 15: My profession is well trained to assist patients with depression | .777 | -.087 | -.076 |
| 8: I am more comfortable working with physical illness than with mental illnesses like depression (reversed) | .715 | .069 | -.083 |
| 11: My profession is well placed to assist patients with depression | .617 | .011 | .063 |
| 19: It is rewarding to spend time looking after depressed patients | .583 | .078 | .128 |
| 20: Becoming depressed is a natural part of adolescence (reversed) | -.106 | .646 | -.015 |
| 12: Becoming depressed is a way that people with poor stamina deal with life difficulties (reversed) | -.019 | .639 | .082 |
| 18: Depression reflects a response which is not amenable to change (reversed) | .080 | .570 | .008 |
| 5: One of the main causes of depression is a lack of self-discipline and will-power (reversed) | .008 | .564 | .093 |
| 6: Depression treatments medicalise unhappiness (reversed) | -.073 | .532 | .014 |
| 9: Becoming depressed is a natural part of being old (reversed) | -.119 | .525 | .009 |
| 21: There is little to be offered to depressed patients who do not respond to initial treatments (reversed) | .136 | .478 | -.041 |
| 3: Psychological therapy tends to be unsuccessful with people who are depressed (reversed) | .268 | .360 | -.020 |
| 13: Once a person has made up their mind about taking their own life no one can stop them (reversed) | .046 | .348 | -.037 |
| 4: Antidepressant therapy tends to be unsuccessful with people who are depressed (reversed) | .151 | .302 | .018 |
| 22: Anyone can suffer from depression | .006 | .068 | .533 |
| 16: Recognising and managing depression is often an important part of managing other health problems | .056 | .051 | .521 |
| 14: People with depression have care needs similar to other medical conditions like diabetes, COPD or arthritis. | .004 | -.081 | .460 |
| 2: Depression is a disease like any other (e.g. asthma, diabetes) | -.077 | -.028 | .454 |
| 10: All health professionals should have skills in recognising and managing depression | .088 | .081 | .388 |
Extraction Method: Principal Axis Factoring. Rotation Method: Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization.
Rotation converged in 5 iterations. Emboldened figures show factor loading in relation to each item and factor.