Table 2.

Rotated loading matrix: polychoric correlation, unweighted least squares (ULS), promin rotation

R-DAQ item	Factor
	Generalist perspective	Professional confidence	Therapeutic optimism
22: Anyone can suffer from depression	0.641*	−0.216	−0.003
2: Depression is a disease like any other (e.g. asthma, diabetes)	0.632*	0.026	−0.162
10: All health professionals should have skills in recognising and managing depression	0.620*	0.164	0.006
14: People with depression have care needs similar to other medical conditions like diabetes, COPD or arthritis	0.593*	0.034	−0.021
16: Recognising and managing depression is often an important part of managing other health problems	0.555*	0.143	0.214
15: My profession is well trained to assist patients with depression	0.018	0.631*	0.082
17: I feel confident in assessing suicide risk in patients presenting with depression	−0.070	0.613*	−0.035
11: My profession is well placed to assist patients with depression	0.063	0.590*	0.045
7: I feel confident in assessing depression in patients	0.104	0.553*	−0.071
1: I feel comfortable in dealing with depressed patients’ needs	0.033	0.417*	−0.012
4: Antidepressant therapy tends to be unsuccessful with people who are depressed (reversed)	−0.102	0.059	0.614*
3: Psychological therapy tends to be unsuccessful with people who are depressed (reversed)	−0.089	0.119	0.545*
20: Becoming depressed is a natural part of adolescence (reversed)	−0.039	−0.102	0.440*
18: Depression reflects a response which is not amenable to change (reversed)	0.095	−0.106	0.392*
21: There is little to be offered to depressed patients who do not respond to initial treatments (reversed)	0.290	−0.139	0.336*

* Factor loading ≥ 0.32