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. 2018 Sep 4;27(11):2953–2964. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1963-8

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) loadings for the Q-LES-Q-SF in an enrolled mental health clinic U.S. Veteran population (n = 568)

Item: In the past two weeks, how satisfied have you been with… Mean ± SD (n = 568) Single-factor EFA loadings (n = 234) Dual-factor EFA loadings (n = 234)
Entire scale 53.28 ± 19.38 Factor 1 Factor 2
1. …physical health? 2.92 ± 1.18 0.70* 0.43* 0.39
2. …mood? 2.90 ± 1.17 0.73* 0.72* 0.05
3. …work? 3.16 ± 1.28 N/A
4. …household activities? 2.91 ± 1.22 0.74* 0.66* 0.14
5. …social relationships? 2.82 ± 1.35 0.73* 0.75* 0.01
6. …family relationships? 3.44 ± 1.25 0.56* 0.65* -0.08
7. …leisure time activities? 2.99 ± 1.26 0.71* 0.70* 0.04
8. …ability to function in daily life? 3.22 ± 1.10 0.75* 0.56* 0.29
9. …sexual desire, interest, and/or performance? 2.43 ± 1.33 0.42* 0.18 0.33
10. …economic status? 3.05 ± 1.20 0.48* 0.50* − 0.02
11. …living/housing situation? 3.75 ± 1.12 0.49* 0.40* 0.13
12. …ability to get around physically without being dizzy or unsteady or falling? 3.49 ± 1.25 0.58* − 0.13 1.02*
13. …your vision in terms of ability to do work or hobbies? 3.54 ± 1.16 0.38 0.08 0.42*
14. …overall sense of well-being? 3.25 ± 1.06 0.80* 0.65* 0.22
Eigenvalues N/A 10.55 10.56 1.07

Full-scale range of responses was 1.92–100. Individual item range was 1.00–5.00. Item 3 excluded due to low response rate. Item discriminant validity was 92.3% for dual-factor solution

*Correlations greater than 0.4