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. 2020 Jun 17;22(6):e19947. doi: 10.2196/19947

Table 3.

Relative weights (loading coefficients) of all the questionnaire items according to the two factors identified for each countrya.

Questionnaire items Israel Portugal
Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 1 Factor 2
Donning 0.05 0.65 b 0.29 0.53
Discomfort 0.33 0.56 0.19 0.70
Seeing 0.40 0.43 0.07 0.71
Hearing 0.87 0.02 0.84 0.07
Understanding speech 0.89 0.04 0.87 0.16
Understanding the surroundings 0.64 0.36 0.80 0.13
Thinking clearly 0.11 0.63 0.10 0.55
Making decisions 0.42 0.45 0.44 0.18
Doffing 0.02 0.61 0.06 0.67

aThe analysis did not include the last item of the questionnaire, regarding the significance of having the personal protective equipment, since there was little variation in the responses to that question.

bRelative weight values higher than 0.6 are in italics.