Table 3.

Factor Loadings for the 4 Extracted Somatic Complaints Profiles from 31 Somatic Complaints

Somatic complaints	Factor loadingsa
	Psychological	Gastrointestinal	Neuro-skeletal	Pharyngeal-respiratory
Sleep disorder	0.420
Pounding heart	0.577
Feeling low on energy	0.565
Feeling like “butterflies” in the stomach	0.869
Difficulty concentrating	0.869
Disturbing thoughts	0.664
Dry mouth		0.248
Chest pain		0.454
Feeling of fullness		0.662
Nausea		0.509
Gastroesophageal reflux		0.544
Pain or discomfort in the abdomen		0.678
Constipation		0.512
Diarrhea		0.374
Bloating or swelling of the abdomen		0.644
Anal pain		0.473
Headache			0.547
Back pain			0.661
Pain in joints			0.612
Eyesore			0.461
Severe fatigue			0.646
Dizziness and confusion			0.513
Chills and extreme cold			0.435
Hot flashes			0.350
Menstrual disorder			0.389
Neck pain				0.570
Globus sensation				0.510
Having trouble swallowing				0.596
Shortness of breath				0.492
Hoarseness				0.612
Wheezing (asthma)				0.567
Variance explained (%)	12.70	11.73	11.55	8.85
Cumulative variance	12.70	24.43	35.99	44.84

^aFactor loadings < 0.2 are not shown for simplicity.