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Table 2 Reliability and factor analysis.

From: Spiritual needs of patients with chronic pain diseases and cancer - validation of the spiritual needs questionnaire

 

Factors and Items

Mean

value

SD

Difficulty

Index

corrected

Item-Total

correlation

Alpha if

Item

deleted

Factor loading

       

I

II

III

IV

 

Religious needs (eigenvalue 8.6; alpha = 0.903)

N18

pray with someone

0.65

0.94

0.22

.603

.929

.813

   

N20

pray for yourself

1.12

1.09

0.37

.684

.927

.811

   

N19

someone prays for you

0.85

1.04

0.28

.673

.927

.801

   

N21

participate at a religious ceremony (i.e. service)

0.90

1.02

0.30

.677

.927

.769

   

N22

read religious/spiritual books

0.82

1.03

0.27

.633

.928

.720

 

.363

 

N23

turn to a higher presence (i.e. God. Angels ...)

1.18

1.15

0.39

.684

.927

.685

   
 

Need for Inner Peace (eigenvalue 1.9; apha = .826)

N7

dwell at a place of quietness and peace

1.66

1.07

0.55

.622

.928

 

.733

.314

 

N2

talk with others about my fears and worries

1.46

0.92

0.49

.510

.930

 

.703

  

N8

find inner peace

1.75

1.09

0.58

.707

.926

 

.649

.392

 

N6

plunge into beauty of nature

1.76

1.09

0.59

.587

.929

 

.640

  

N1

higher devotion by others

1.25

0.96

0.42

.512

.930

 

.603

 

.467

 

Existentialistic needs (Reflection/Meaning) (eigenvalue 1.3; alpha - .837)

N4

reflect your previous life

1.12

0.93

0.37

.527

.930

 

.302

.729

 

N11

talk with someone about the question of meaning in life

0.91

1.01

0.30

.749

.926

.398

 

.712

 

N5

dissolve open aspects of your life

1.22

1.01

0.41

.591

.929

 

.445

.643

 

N10

find meaning in illness and/or suffering

1.11

1.09

0.37

.572

.929

  

.634

.393

N12

talk with someone about the possibility of life after death

0.79

1.01

0.26

.665

.927

.504

 

.627

 
 

Actively Giving (eigenvalue 1.1; alpha - .818)

 

N14

give away something from yourself

1.20

1.03

0.40

.591

.929

   

.766

N15

solace someone

1.42

0.97

0.40

.587

.929

   

.728

N13

turn to someone in a loving attitude

1.67

1.01

0.56

.664

.927

 

.447

 

.645

N24 *

being complete and safe

1.92

1.14

0.47

-

-

    

N17 *

be forgiven

1.04

1.06

0.56

-

-

    
  1. Principal Component Analysis; Varimax Rotation with Kaiser Normalization (rotation converged in 6 Iterations). * marker items.
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