Table 3.

Structure of the final 3 domain German patient survey as emerged from analysis (9 items, Cronbach’s α = 0.917)

Domain	Items	Factor analysis with listwise deletion of cases with missing values, N = 29, retention of 3 factors, KMO = 0.787, Bartlett’s test < 0.001			Factor analysis with replacement of missing values with the variable mean, N = 279, eigenvalue > 1, KMO = 0.739, Bartlett’s test < 0.001
		MSA	λ	R2	MSA	λ	R2
Link to Community Resources (α = 0.936)	Someone in my primary care team asks me about what I need for support, e.g. with home care, equipment or transportation.	0.826	0.869	0.884	0.713	0.883	0.800
	Someone in my primary care team gives me information about services offered at their practice or in my community, e.g. counselling centres, support groups and rehabilitation programmes.	0.807	0.874	0.935	0.683	0.908	0.835
	Someone in my primary care team encourages me to attend programs in my community that could help me, e.g. support or sports groups.	0.850	0.845	0.826	0.874	0.775	0.665
Communication (α = 0.838)	I get the results of my lab tests in a timely manner.	0.758	0.859	0.925	0.714	0.853	0.767
	Someone in my primary care team tells me all my test results, good and bad.	0.739	0.877	0.854	0.676	0.903	0.845
	Someone in my primary care team helps me understand my test results, e.g. laboratory values or X-ray results.	0.807	0.816	0.913	0.818	0.766	0.648
Care Transitions (α = 0.843)	After I leave the hospital, my primary care team knows about the care I received from the hospital.	0.747	0.898	0.907	0.702	0.896	0.811
	After I leave the hospital, my primary care team helps me to get back on my feet.	0.732	0.869	0.924	0.710	0.894	0.822
	After I leave the hospital, my primary care team knows about new prescriptions or if there was a change in my medication.	0.824	0.479	0.680	0.826	0.732	0.666