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. 2015 May 13;6:10.3402/ejpt.v6.25652. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v6.25652

Table 3.

Item difficulties and factor loadings in an one-factor solution as well as in a rotated (Varimax) two-factor solution

One-factor solution Two-factor solutiona


Items M (SD) 1. Factor loading (43.43%) 1. Factor loading (43.43%)a, (27.25%)b 2. Factor loading (8.19%)a, (24.37%)b
1 Have you fainted?/Have you been passing out? 0.2 (0.58) 0.58 0.24 0.60
2 Have you felt dizzy and has your vision gone black?/Felt dizzy and couldn't see anymore, as though you were blind? 0.83 (1.06) 0.72 0.57 0.45
3 Have you felt as though you couldn't hear for a while, as though you were deaf? When people were talking to you, did they sound far away? 0.49 (0.96) 0.68 0.21 0.78
4 Have you had an experience of not being able to properly see things around you (e.g., blurred vision) 0.62 (1.0) 0.71 0.37 0.65
5 Have you felt as though your body or a part of your body has gone numb? 0.64 (1.08) 0.71 0.51 0.50
6 Have you felt as though you couldn't move for a while, as though you were paralyzed? 0.37 (0.81) 0.72 0.71 0.28
7 Have you felt as though your body, or a part of it was insensitive to pain (analgesia)? 0.46 (0.93) 0.64 0.33 0.58
8 Have you been in a state in which your body suddenly felt heavy and tired? 1.0 (1.32) 0.60 0.61 0.23
9 Have you experienced that your body becoming stiff for a while? 0.39 (0.85) 0.64 0.80 0.08
10 Have you felt nauseous? Have you felt as though you were about to throw up? Have you felt yourself break out in a cold sweat? 0.80 (1.10) 0.62 0.68 0.19
11 Have you had an “out-of-body” sensation? Have you felt as though you were outside of your body? 0.43 (0.90) 0.50 0.06 0.68
12 Have you had moments in which you have found yourself unable to speak?/Have you been able to speak only with great effort?/Have you had an experience in which you could only whisper for a period of time? 0.46 (0.91) 0.70 0.63 0.35
13 Have you felt suddenly weak and warm? 0.48 (0.95) 0.71 0.51 0.50

Note.

a

Before rotation

b

rotated (Varimax) factor matrix.