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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: Digit Cult Educ. 2015 Oct 27;7(2):169–191.

Table IV.

Factor loadings, item-subscale correlations, and item-total correlations for items measuring perceptions of a smartphone application intervention among Black men who have sex with men in the District of Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2014 (N=93)a.

Itemsb Factor Loadings Correlation Coefficients
Factor 1 Factor 2 Item-Total Item-Subscale
Factor 1: Utility for Accessing health services (Access)c
C1. I would use this app if it were free 0.95 −0.14 0.68 0.82
C2. It would be easier to get the medical services I need if I had this app 0.89 −0.04 0.73 0.83
C3. I would be more likely to get support in getting health insurance 0.69 0.22 0.79 0.78
S1. I would use this app if it were free 0.91 −0.06 0.72 0.85
S2. It would be easier to get the sexual health services I need if I had this app 0.61 0.35 0.83 0.76
Factor 2: Ease in Communicating health needs (Communication)d
C4. It would be easier to remember to tell the doctor what I need at my visit −0.15 0.86 0.61 0.66
C5. It would be easier to ask for an HIV test if I had this app −0.11 0.92 0.70 0.78
C6. It would be easier to ask the doctor for routine preventive care (like flu shots) 0.14 0.75 0.78 0.76
S4. It would be easier to remember to tell the doctor what I need at my visit 0.29 0.58 0.75 0.70
S5. I would be more likely to ask about PrEP if I had this app 0.26 0.59 0.75 0.74
S6. I would be more likely to ask about condoms if I had this app 0.27 0.60 0.76 0.72
S7. I would be more likely to get an HIV test if I had this app 0.12 0.77 0.78 0.81
Items removed
C7. I would be more comfortable talking with my health care provider 0.58 0.32 0.79 NA
S3. It would be easier to talk about sex with my medical provider if I had this app 0.60 0.34 0.82 NA
a

Participants included 91 self-identified males, one self-identified transgender woman, and one self-identified intersex individual.

b

Items numbered using “C” are in reference to the hypothetical mobile app module on communicating with health care providers and items numbered using “S” are in reference to the hypothetical mobile app module on sexual health.

c

Factor 1 was named for the general utility of the app for accessing health insurance and health services (Access).

d

Factor 2 was named for the app increasing ease in communicating health needs to the health care provider (Communication).