Table 2. Items loading of the Malay ADDQoL-18.

	Malay			Chinese				Indian	Whole Sample
	Unforced		forced	Unforced			forced		Unforced		forced
	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	1
working life	.663	.106	0.714	.612	.120	.405	0.677	0.846	0.761	-0.017	0.729
family life	.577	.294	0.754	.421	-.002	.603	0.743	0.886	0.646	0.199	0.777
my friendships and social life	.784	-.024	0.747	.597	.041	.380	0.716	0.852	0.889	-0.143	0.761
sex life	.843	-.232	0.668	-.139	-.243	.786	0.588	0.847	0.809	-0.12	0.700
physical appearance	.761	.130	0.825	.114	-.501	.458	0.817	0.949	0.712	0.208	0.848
things I could do physically	.815	.083	0.847	.190	-.294	.572	0.777	0.848	0.758	0.130	0.835
holidays or leisure activities	.869	-.070	0.799	.930	-.005	-.068	0.756	0.901	0.933	-0.126	0.817
ease of travelling	.693	.125	0.757	.882	-.036	-.016	0.774	0.860	0.782	0.032	0.786
my confidence in my ability to do things	.815	.063	0.834	.793	-.162	.103	0.882	0.903	0.841	0.050	0.857
motivation to achieve things	.874	-.010	0.844	.836	-.143	.051	0.869	0.876	0.853	0.032	0.856
Society reaction	.889	-.070	0.819	.820	-.183	-.157	0.757	0.904	0.901	-0.069	0.828
worries about the future	.554	.354	0.771	.311	-.583	.103	0.831	0.757	0.513	0.375	0.777
finances	.766	.159	0.849	.332	-.629	.110	0.892	0.833	0.665	0.272	0.85
need to depend on others	.689	-.128	0.587	.419	-.543	.017	0.833	0.832	0.672	0.046	0.689
living conditions	.618	.329	0.817	.261	-.841	-.161	0.842	0.786	0.544	0.379	0.811
freedom to eat	.172	.867	0.735	-.135	-.961	.147	0.801	0.838	0.132	0.865	0.769
enjoyment of food	.031	.937	0.644	-.156	-.985	.107	0.779	0.851	0.019	0.943	0.716
freedom to drink	-.025	.941	0.593	.105	-.864	-.017	0.82	0.728	-.021	0.916	0.657
Eigenvalue	10.404	1.897	10.404	11.229	1.9	1.12	11.229	13.05	11.056	1.459	11.056
Variance explained	57.801	10.537	57.801	62.382	10.556	6.223	62.382	72.5	61.422	8.605	61.422
Reliability	0.955			0.963				0.977	0.962