Development of a healthy ageing index in Latin American countries - a 10/66 dementia research group population-based study

Table 3 Exploratory factor analysis standardised loadings-Parsimax Rotation

Items/Indicators	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4
Household responsibilities difficulty	0.562	0.192	0.490	−0.146
Walking a km difficulty	0.573	0.050	0.392	−0.033
Washing whole body difficulty	0.851	0.003	0.106	0.182
Getting dressed difficulty	0.888	0.014	0.048	0.193
Carrying out work & everyday activities difficulty	0.564	0.230	0.447	−0.128
Making decisions difficulty	0.057	0.715	0.077	0.221
Using the toilet difficulty	0.496	0.301	0.109	0.341
Handling money difficulty	0.136	0.698	0.062	0.199
Hearing problem	−0.057	0.060	0.310	0.084
Eye problem	0.005	0.051	0.395	−0.060
Finding right word difficulty	−0.106	0.749	0.128	0.100
Change in daily activities	0.037	0.607	0.202	0.049
Forgets where he/she is	0.145	0.644	0.085	0.290
Difficulty completing chores	0.114	0.621	−0.004	0.264
Sleep trouble or recent change in pattern	−0.101	− 0.198	0.624	0.050
Feeling of not coping properly with everyday routine	−0.028	0.116	0.582	0.043
Gets worn out or exhausted during daytime or evening	−0.229	−0.200	0.670	0.122
Time in seconds taken to walk 10 m	0.410	0.008	0.030	− 0.063
Learn test	0.074	0.113	0.054	0.601
Delayed recall	0.130	0.002	0.072	0.401
Long memory test	−0.083	0.062	0.092	0.642
Immediate recall	0.118	0.242	0.070	0.243
Verbal fluency	0.149	0.126	0.031	0.556
Time orientation	0.118	0.146	0.096	0.649
Praxis-fold a piece of paper	0.130	0.202	0.038	0.266
Story recall difficulty	0.041	−0.002	0.070	0.617

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