Table 7.
Principal component analysis using varimax rotation with Kaiser Normalisation. Eigenvalue > 1. BMQ- Specific items
| General Overuse | General Harm | Specific Necessity | Specific Concerns | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of Variance explained (47.17%) | 11.15 | 10.13 | 13.94 | 11.94 | |
| S1 | Saħħti, fil-preżent, tiddependi mill-mediċini tiegħi My health, at present, depends on my medicines |
0.728 | |||
| S3 | Kieku ħajti tkun impossibbli mingħajr il-mediċini tiegħi My life would be impossible without my medicines |
0.783 | |||
| S4 | Mingħajr il-mediċini tiegħi nkun marid/a ħafna Without my medicines I would be very ill |
0.750 | |||
| S7 | Saħħti fil-futur tiddependi fuq il-mediċini tiegħi My health in the future will depend on my medicines |
0.704 | |||
| S10 | Il-mediċini tiegħi jipproteġuni milli nsir agħar My medicines protect me from becoming worse |
0.396 | |||
| S2 | Li jkolli nieħu l-mediċini jinkwetani Having to take these medicines worries me |
0.683 | |||
| S5 | Kultant ninkwieta dwar l-effetti fit-tul li jista’ jkollhom il-mediċini fuq saħħti I sometimes worry about long-term effects of my medicines |
0.660 | |||
| S6 | Il-mediċini tiegħi huma misteru għalija My medicines are a mystery to me |
0.369 | 0.129 | ||
| S8 | Il-mediċini tiegħi jfixkluli ħajti My medicines disrupt my life |
0.449 | 0.432 | ||
| S9 | Kultant ninkwieta li nsir wisq niddependi fuq il-mediċini tiegħi I sometimes worry about becoming too dependent on my medicines |
0.743 | |||
Factor loadings >0.1 are reported