The Chinese version of attitudes towards guidelines scale: validity and reliability assessment

Table 3 Geomin Rotated Factor Loadings for the Four-Factor Model Derived by EFA with the data of group A (n = 380)

Items	Factor1	Factor2	Factor3	Factor4
1. Guidelines are useful as educational tools.	0.910*	− 0.056	− 0.037	0.014
2. Guidelines are a convenient source of advice.	0.940*	0.003	0.007	−0.022
3. Guidelines can facilitate communication with patients and families.	0.734*	0.176*	0.040	−0.060
4. Guidelines can improve the quality of health care.	0.585*	0.368*	−0.011	0.026
5. Guidelines are based on scientific evidence.	0.161	0.766*	0.010	0.000
6. Guidelines are made by experts.	−0.049	0.744*	−0.004	− 0.015
7. My occupational competence is insufficient for adopting the latest guidelines.	0.026	0.038	0.767*	−0.028
8. Most of our team members have disapproving attitudes about guidelines.	−0.106	−0.058	0.697*	0.074
9. Guidelines are not valued in our organization.	0.272*	0.217*	−0.114	0.206*
10. Implementing guidelines is too expensive for us.	0.018	0.016	0.348*	0.489*
11. Guidelines challenge the autonomy of nursing personnel.	0.088	0.004	0.245*	0.071
12. Guidelines oversimplify nursing practice.	0.047	0.131	0.124	0.291*
13. Guidelines are difficult to find if needed.	−0.011	−0.092	−0.011	0.850*
14. I have not seen any guidelines in our health care unit.	−0.075	0.041	0.098	0.599*

ISSN: 1471-2288