Table 3.
Rotated factor loadings of sub-scales stratified by abortion type
| Item | Rotated Factor Loadings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical Abortion (24 items total) |
Medication Abortion (23 items total) |
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| Respectful and Supportive Care (15 items) |
Communication and Autonomy (9 items) |
Respectful and Supportive Care (14 items) |
Communication and Autonomy (9 items) |
|
| Time to care | 0.3208 | 0.2312 | ||
| Treated with respect | 0.5565 | 0.6147 | ||
| Friendly | 0.4865 | 0.6244 | ||
| Treated differently | 0.1974 | 0.4978 | ||
| Cared | 0.5379 | 0.5557 | ||
| Privacy | 0.0613a | 0.2580 | ||
| Record confidentiality | 0.1548 | 0.3769 | ||
| Pain medication given | 0.5453 | NA | ||
| Paid attention | 0.8119 | 0.6811 | ||
| Verbal abuse | 0.4189 | 0.6824 | ||
| Physical abuse | 0.0539a | 0.4982 | ||
| Enough staff | 0.6007 | 0.2242 | ||
| Took best care | 0.8304 | 0.7268 | ||
| Trust | 0.4935 | 0.6571 | ||
| Safe | 0.5398 | 0.4339 | ||
| Introduce self | 0.4468 | 0.4611 | ||
| Called by name | 0.2496 | 0.2876 | ||
| Involvement in care | 0.2069 | 0.4135 | ||
| Consent before procedures | 0.6446 | 0.3996 | ||
| Explain exams | 0.4508 | 0.3301 | ||
| Explain medicines | 0.5950 | 0.1952 | ||
| Ask about feeling | 0.6432 | 0.7358 | ||
| Ask questions | 0.4473 | 0.2669 | ||
| Ask about pain | 0.6197 | 0.6138 | ||
Notes: NA Not applicable as this item was deleted among medication abortion patients
aFactor loading is less than 0.10 but item is being retained due to theoretical importance