Table 3.
Matrix of rotated components and factorial weighs of the items for the impact scale in TRSS-EN.
| Components | Communalities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Statement | TS | RS | |
| TRSS-EN_1 | Dealing with sudden death of young persons | 0.704 | 0.325 | 0.602 |
| TRSS-EN_2 | Dealing with death or resuscitation of a baby or young child | 0.846 | 0.101 | 0.726 |
| TRSS-EN_3 | Handling victims of car and train crashes | 0.686 | 0.372 | 0.609 |
| TRSS-EN_4 | Confrontation with physical trauma and burns patients | 0.682 | 0.455 | 0.673 |
| TRSS-EN_5 | Dealing with suicide | 0.725 | 0.300 | 0.617 |
| TRSS-EN_6 | Dealing with aggression, violence and threat | 0.559 | 0.562 | 0.628 |
| TRSS-EN_7 | Inability to deliver good quality of care | 0.212 | 0.819 | 0.715 |
| TRSS-EN_8 | Inability to help chronically ill patients | 0.169 | 0.803 | 0.673 |
| TRSS-EN_9 | Dealing with relatives of victims/patients | 0.270 | 0.767 | 0.661 |
| TRSS-EN_10 | Confrontation with child abuse and negligence | 0.828 | 0.144 | 0.707 |
| TRSS-EN_11 | Exposure to sudden death | 0.835 | 0.249 | 0.759 |
| TRSS-EN_12 | Dealing with psychiatric patients | 0.196 | 0.712 | 0.546 |
| TRSS-EN_13 | Management of dead bodies | 0.283 | 0.620 | 0.464 |
| % explained variance | 35.63 | 28.81 | ||
| Cronbach alpha Omega |
0.911 0.857 |
0.862 0.833 |
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Note: TS = Traumatic Stressors (Traumatic events and Great magnitude Stressors); RS = Routine Stressors (Events and Stressors of Moderate magnitude). The factor weights in item 6, although similar for the first component, were slightly higher in the second component. This item is more related to RS. It is not perceived as a traumatic event and it does not imply an imminent risk of death.