Table 3.
Gender Differences in Symptom Clusters: Results of Exploratory Factor Analysis
| Symptoms | Female | Male | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | |
| Mood- General | Respiratory | Respiratory-General | Mood | Cough-Sputum | |
| Anxiety | 0.809 | 0.917 | |||
| Depression | 0.783 | 0.874 | |||
| Poor sleep | 0.642 | 0.379 | |||
| Fatigue | 0.736 | 0.729 | |||
| Frailty | 0.688 | 0.729 | |||
| Chest tightness | 0.744 | 0.724 | |||
| Dyspnea | 0.654 | 0.856 | |||
| Cough | 0.769 | 0.920 | |||
| Sputum | 0.833 | 0.887 | |||