Table 2. Principal component analysis and factor loadings for major worries and attitudes related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Mean (SD) | Factor loadings | |||
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Fear of infection | Professional responsibilities | Restricted mobility | ||
Catching COVID-19 infection from a colleague | 5.83 (2.74) | 0.768 | ||
Catching COVID-19 infection from a patient | 7.20 (2.80) | 0.786 | ||
Catching COVID-19 infection from a student | 5.61 (2.96) | 0.777 | ||
Catching COVID-19 infection from a source not related to work | 6.41 (2.61) | 0.735 | ||
Important others getting infected with COVID-19 because of me | 7.66 (2.76) | 0.750 | ||
Important others getting infected with COVID-19 because of another source | 7.64 (2.48) | 0.747 | ||
Patients getting infected with COVID-19 | 7.15 (2.63) | 0.755 | ||
Finishing open courses satisfactorily because of the COVID-19 outbreak | 6.18 (2.73) | 0.774 | ||
Teaching students required material because of the COVID-19 outbreak | 6.48 (2.68) | 0.823 | ||
Supporting students psychologically during the COVID-19 outbreak | 6.44 (2.67) | 0.737 | ||
Managing online learning during the COVID-19 outbreak | 6.45 (2.75) | 0.783 | ||
Finishing required reports/ assignments during the COVID-19 outbreak | 6.23 (2.76) | 0.749 | ||
Restricted mobility in my country because of the COVID-19 outbreak | 6.70 (2.91) | 0.769 | ||
Restricted mobility from/ to my country because of the COVID-19 outbreak | 6.13 (3.24) | 0.817 | ||
Restricted mobility affecting sports and social activities because of COVID-19 | 6.33 (2.85) | 0.790 | ||
Missing events important to my career because of the COVID-19 outbreak | 5.96 (2.94) | 0.754 |
KMO = 0.91, P value of Bartlett’s test< 0.0001