Table 1.

Rotated factor analysis of Health Belief Model Scale for oral health behaviors

Factor 1 Self-efficacy		Factor 2 Perceived benefits		Factor 3 Perceived severity		Factor 4 Perceived barriers		Factor 5 Cues to action		Factor 6 Perceived susceptibility
EFF37	0.92	BEN5	0.83	SEV27	0.79	BAR14	0.84	CUE22	0.88	SUS1	0.77
EFF38	0.90	BEN6	0.81	SEV26	0.77	BAR13	0.82	CUE21	0.86	SUS2	0.75
EFF34	0.90	BEN7	0.80	SEV25	0.74	BAR19	0.56	CUE20	0.75
EFF39	0.88	BEN3	0.78	SEV30	0.71	BAR15	0.55	CUE23	0.43
EFF33	0.88	BEN9	0.74	SEV28	0.71	BAR12	0.53
EFF42	0.87	BEN8	0.70	SEV24	0.68	BAR16	0.51
EFF40	0.86	BEN10	0.70	SEV29	0.67	BAR17	0.50
EFF41	0.86	BEN4	0.44	SEV31	0.55	BAR18	0.49
EFF35	0.83			SEV32	0.55	BAR11	0.32
EFF36	0.82
Eigenvalue
10.41		5.00		3.89		3.08		2.19		1.67
Variance explained
24.79		11.91		9.27		7.33		5.21		3.98