Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 5 Factor loading (standardized regression coefficients) of the PCOSQ-50 (n = 935)

From: Exploratory factor and confirmatory analyses of the polycystic ovary syndrome health-related quality of life questionnaire (PCOSQ-50)

Items	4 Factor				5 Factor					6 Factor						7 Factor
Items	Fac 1	Fac 2	Fac 3	Fac 4	Fac 1	Fac 2	Fac 3	Fac 4	Fac 5	Fac 1	Fac 2	Fac 3	Fac 4	Fac 5	Fac 6	Fac 1	Fac 2	Fac 3	Fac 4	Fac 5	Fac 6	Fac 7
pcosq5	76				60									63						66
pcosq11	76				50									93						95
pcosqf6	71								42					69						72
pcosq8	67				41									70						72
pcosqd6	65								53						39							37
pcosqd1	62								53						83							82
pcosq1	62				78					73											76
pcosqd2	60								91						88							88
pcosqf2	54				55					38								50
pcosqf3	52				44					40								61
pcosq4	51				68					67											66
pcosq10	51				75					69											59
pcosq2	51				71					76											76
pcosqf1	51				50					47								53
pcosqd3	50								59						60							56
pcosq3	49				49					30										30
pcosq6	48				70					79											74
pcosq7	47				43					29								30
pcosqf4	46				46					48								56
pcosq9	46				37									31						32
pcosqf5	46				44					47								52
pcosqf7	43				45					34								35
pcosqd7	40								29						29			48
pcosq12	39				39					32											29
pcosqd8	38				39					42								58
pcosqb9	36				30					35								52
pcosqd9	36									39								59
pcosqb7	33				43													33
pcosqd5	29									32								40
pcosqb3		96				96					97						97
pcosqb6		92				93					92						93
pcosqb2		84				84					86						86
pcosqb4		81				81					81						80
pcosqb1		78				77					78						78
pcosqb5		77				76					76						74
pcosqb8		56				54					54						53
pcosqd4		36				35					34							38
pcosqe3			98				98					98				99
pcosqe1			96				97					96				97
pcosqe2			94				94					94				94
pcosqe5			91				91					91				91
pcosqe4			91				91					91				91
pcosqe6			80				81					80				80
pcosqc3				90				91					91						92
pcosqc7				87				88					88						88
pcosqc2				85				84					85						84
pcosqc6				77				76					77						77
pcosqc1				65				65					65						65
pcosqc4				56				56					56						56
pcosqc5				55				54					54						53

Root Mean Square Residual (RMSR) = .05 for 4 factors, .04 for 5 factors, .03 for 6 factors, and .03 for 7 factors
Kaiser’s Measure of Sampling Adequacy = .93
Eigen Values: Fact1 = 45.37, Fact2 = 23.74, Fact3 = 13.73, Fact4 = 8.67, Fact5 = 4.10, Fact6 = 2.53, Fact7 = 2.02
Item did not load: pcosqd5 (for 5 factors)

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