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. 2021 May 17;9:646780. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.646780

Table 2.

Factor analysis of the 15 stress-related questions.

Questions F1 F2 F3 F4
Factor 1: Anxiety about infection (Cronbach α = 0.82)
The disease's dangerousness 0.476 0.031 −0.058 −0.025
Anxiety about being infected 0.870 −0.064 −0.286 −0.176
The risk for family and relatives' to be infected 0.851 −0.043 −0.279 −0.174
Isolation from family and/or social environment 0.737 −0.107 −0.249 −0.223
The consequences on your functional ability regarding family, work, or social relationships 0.794 −0.055 −0.235 −0.113
Factor 2: Knowledge about COVID-19 (Cronbach α = 0.89)
I believe that I have learned enough knowledge about epidemiology −0.054 0.826 0.275 0.198
I believe that I have learned enough knowledge about symptom −0.045 0.892 0.323 0.230
I believe that I have learned enough knowledge about prognosis −0.086 0.860 0.307 0.221
I believe that I have learned enough knowledge about treatment −0.056 0.833 0.332 0.256
Factor 3: Feeling of being protected (Cronbach α = 0.87)
Feeling of being protected during work −0.297 0.342 0.863 0.392
Feeling of being protected by local government −0.194 0.310 0.886 0.289
Feeling of being protected by environment −0.321 0.314 0.912 0.355
Factor 4: Attitude toward work (Cronbach α = 0.77)
If you are asked to Wuhan, you will go without any hesitation −0.200 0.199 0.304 0.868
If you are asked to change your position, which has more chance to contract COVID-19 patients, do you totally agree −0.201 0.219 0.349 0.870
You think COVID-19 is a good chance to improve your clinical ability −0.096 0.250 0.321 0.742

Bold, factor loading ≥ 0.40.