Table 2.

The grouping of the items into themes with loading for each item.

	Situational unease	Physical discomfort	Situational repose	Informational needs	Treatment environment acceptance	Level of trust and understanding
I feel trapped during treatment	0.88	0.05	−0.07	−0.8	−0.4	−0.25
I feel isolated during treatment	0.86	0.11	−0.11	−0.07	−0.06	−0.06
I feel stuck during treatment	0.86	0.02	−0.08	−0.04	−0.06	0.01
I feel scared during treatment	0.74	0.21	−0.15	−0.05	−0.05	−0.13
I feel nervous during treatment	0.72	0.20	−0.25	−0.04	0.01	−0.08
I feel pain when the nurse adjusts my position	0.11	0.87	0.03	−0.07	0.00	−0.00
I feel pain when I lay down on the treatment table	0.07	0.87	−0.04	−0.06	−0.05	−0.01
I feel pain during treatment	0.10	0.79	−0.09	−0.03	0.02	0.06
I feel pain when I stand up after treatment	0.03	0.78	−0.05	−0.05	−0.03	−0.04
It feel chafed during treatment	0.23	0.78	−0.02	−0.02	−0.08	0.04
I feel calm during treatment	−0.21	−0.03	0.89	0.08	0.17	0.07
I feel relaxed during treatment	−0.20	−0.08	0.89	0.09	0.13	0.03
I feel safe during treatment	−0.15	0.08	0.84	0.11	0.20	0.14
I feel comfortable during treatment	−0.07	−0.09	0.68	0.17	0.14	0.02
I got enough information about the side effects	−0.04	−0.05	0.07	0.86	0.07	−0.017
I got enough information about how to deal with the side effects	−0.12	−0.03	0.08	0.82	0.10	−0.02
I got enough information about the benefit of the treatment	−0.02	−0.06	0.14	0.79	0.07	0.10
I got enough information about how radiotherapy works	−0.07	−0.08	0.13	0.78	0.11	0.10
The colouring of the treatment room is easy to endure	−0.04	−0.04	0.13	0.09	0.84	0.03
The smell of the treatment room is easy to endure	−0.04	0.00	0.20	0.12	0.83	−0.02
The light in the treatment room is easy to endure	−0.09	−0.08	0.24	0.13	0.83	0.09
I trust the personnel	−0.10	0.06	0.06	−0.05	0.03	0.91
I understand the procedure	−0.12	−0.02	0.15	0.22	0.06	0.87

^⁎Loadings over 0.3 in bold.