Table 3.

Rotated component matrix of all items with a factor loading >0.325.

Scale	Item	Description	Factor loadings	Correlations
Physical and mental fatigue	2	Muscle weakness	−0.391	−0.645
	3	Physically limited	−0.663	−0.806
	4	Lack energy	−0.531	−0.783
	6	Physically exhausted	−0.331	−0.706
	7	Mentally exhausted	−0.777	−0.882
	12	Woken up long period night	−0.633	−0.668
	14	Sleepy daytime	−0.582	−0.766
	15	Tired wake up	−0.326	−0.641
	25	Problems remember	−0.682	−0.663
	29	Decreased libido	−0.454	−0.602
Anxiety and stress	5	Restless agitated	−0.463	0.623
	16	Worries high blood pressure	−0.663	−0.714
	17	Worries aldosterone	−0.988	−0.947
	18	Worries future health	−0.704	−0.820
	19	Worries side effects	−0.864	−0.893
	20	Frustrated number pills	−0.432	−0.551
	27	Frustrated delay diagnosis	−0.645	−0.733
	28	Worries diagnosis	−0.842	−0.818
Fluid balance	9	Urinate night	0.426	0.566
	10	Thirsty	0.737	0.802
	11	Fluids	0.779	0.789
Other complaints	1	Headaches	0.654	0.724
	8	Urinate frequently day	0.663	0.674
	22	Irritable	0.757	0.893
	23	Angry	0.668	0.779
	26	Swelling legs ankles	0.448	0.510