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Table 2 Results of the Exploratory factor analysis of 34-itemsa C-SCGS (n=355)

From: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the spiritual care-giving scale (C-SCGS) in nursing practice

The structure matrix of the promax oblique rotation axis

The pattern matrix of the promax oblique rotation axis

C2

Items

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

Items

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

 

B28

.820

.423

.475

.629

B28

.873

-.135

-.125

.145

.425

B27

.796

.414

.513

.635

B29

.796

.079

-.063

-.061

.533

B23

.772

.512

.537

.638

B27

.787

-.130

-.040

.153

.597

B25

.768

.476

.506

.571

B32

.786

.070

.053

-.150

.571

B24

.765

.484

.593

.622

B25

.744

.023

.041

-.022

.482

B29

.759

.500

.429

.529

B34

.706

-.143

.089

.043

.374

B31

.757

.503

.545

.558

B30

.698

.105

-.119

.074

.530

B32

.750

.481

.472

.508

B31

.689

.087

.147

-.103

.592

B30

.741

.520

.416

.567

B23

.634

.052

.035

.115

.379

B35

.725

.398

.537

.626

B24

.621

.027

.170

.027

.558

B34

.708

.342

.508

.548

B35

.603

-.097

.060

.192

.527

B26

.688

.535

.506

.513

B26

.555

.207

.161

-.126

.551

B16

.637

.612

.455

.622

B22

.389

.268

-.174

.252

.495

B22

.627

.575

.355

.569

B21

.111

.828

-.071

-.262

.477

B21

.371

.720

.146

.234

B20

-.001

.701

-.108

.051

.449

B20

.391

.686

.206

.367

B15

-.149

.643

.118

.101

.515

B18

.611

.664

.445

.570

B17

-.003

.617

.014

.034

.411

B15

.388

.656

.350

.433

B6

-.169

.485

.112

.252

.521

B19

.628

.655

.448

.527

B18

.226

.440

.035

.132

.517

B17

.403

.640

.282

.387

B19

.325

.434

.077

-.010

.477

B6

.381

.569

.375

.477

B16

.266

.312

-.024

.267

.566

B3

.569

.370

.760

.624

B1

-.121

.008

.740

-.032

.480

B4

.548

.367

.749

.578

B2

.129

-.103

.731

-.069

.608

B2

.477

.227

.723

.480

B4

.087

.033

.654

.038

.606

B5

.487

.390

.681

.540

B3

.080

.002

.616

.133

.591

B1

.327

.211

.643

.399

B5

-.008

.124

.593

.062

.509

B8

.627

.458

.547

.764

B8

.135

.008

-.006

.663

.649

B12

.588

.393

.577

.734

B12

.094

-.053

.105

.622

.691

B11

.608

.414

.522

.717

B11

.183

-.031

.001

.598

.584

B10

.576

.517

.619

.714

B13

.162

.181

-.130

.538

.565

B7

.558

.274

.639

.672

B9

-.186

.288

.038

.522

.588

B14

.581

.351

.536

.672

B14

.202

-.093

.086

.514

.572

B13

.587

.527

.420

.668

B10

-.031

.177

.239

.471

.520

B9

.398

.483

.400

.572

B7

.135

-.189

.303

.466

.551

  1. KMO = 0.951, Bartlett (p value) 2=7632.213, df=561, p = 0.000; Extraction Method: Principal Axis Factoring; Rotation Method: Promax with Kaiser Normalization
  2. aExcluded:B33 Spiritual care requires the nurse to be empathetic towards the patient 心灵关怀要求护士对患者富有同情心
  3. The Chinese version of the Spiritual Care-Giving Rating Scale (C-SCGS): Attributes for Spiritual Care (Factor 1), Defining Spirituality and Spiritual Care (Factor 2), Spirituality Perspectives (Factor 3), Spirituality and Spiritual Care Values (Factor 4). Item 16 entried in factor 2