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Table 5.

Factor Structure and Loadings of 21 Items from BDI-II in Cancer Patients

Items	Communalities	1	2	3
Sadness	0.54	0.65^a
Pessimism	0.59^a	0.61^a
Past failure	0.44	0.44
Loss of pleasure	0.62		0.74^a
Guilt feelings	0.3	0.5
Punishment feelings	0.48	0.52
Self-dislike	0.53	0.67^a
Self-criticalness	0.42	0.52
Suicidal ideation or wishes	0.29	0.4
Crying	0.27	0.5
Agitation	0.67^a		0.47
Loss of interest	0.24		0.69^a
Indecisiveness	0.54		0.696^a
Worthlessness	0.61^a	0.7^a
Loss of energy	0.71^a			0.72^a
Change in sleeping patterns	0.35			0.49
Irritability	0.51		0.62^a
Change in appetite	0.23			0.36
Concentration difficulties	0.53		0.66^a
Tiredness or fatigue	0.73^a			0.67^a
Loss of sex interest	0.37			0.49

Notes: ^aSalient loading values. Rotation method: promax with Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin normalization (KMO). Loadings greater than 0.3 are shown. KMO=0.916, Bartlett’s χ²=3780.1; p<0.001).