Translation and validation of the Japanese version of the measure of moral distress for healthcare professionals

Table 3 Factor structure matrix—Promax rotation. h² = communality coefficient

Item	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	h²
2	0.74	−0.02	−0.23	0.396
5	0.64	0.03	−0.09	0.377
1	0.51	0.07	−0.03	0.290
3	0.43	0.12	0.09	0.315
8	0.41	0.02	0.19	0.305
10	0.37	−0.06	0.16	0.200
24	0.34	0.22	0.21	0.438
16	0.05	0.74	−0.15	0.462
18	−0.02	0.70	0.10	0.589
17	0.09	0.64	−0.09	0.404
19	0	0.60	−0.03	0.336
23	0.04	0.46	0.27	0.482
12	0.10	−0.24	0.75	0.459
25	−0.21	0.20	0.73	0.590
27	−0.02	−0.03	0.66	0.398
6	0	−0.11	0.65	0.338
21	−0.11	0.01	0.60	0.301
20	−0.23	0.31	0.58	0.491
15	0.23	−0.10	0.53	0.383
26	0.05	0.21	0.53	0.513
11	0.25	0.01	0.46	0.417
14	0.01	0.23	0.41	0.359

Bold numbers indicated loadings greater than 0.3 and included in the interpretation of factors

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