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Table 2 Component loadings, eigenvalues, and the percentage of variance explained by each component, from the principal component analysis of the ‘helpfulness’ and ‘trustworthiness’ data

From: Information needs of parents of children with congenital anomalies across Europe: a EUROlinkCAT survey

Variables

Helpfulness data

Trustworthiness data

1 Informal sources

2 Medical sources

1 Informal sources

2 Medical sources

General practitioner

-0.046

0.573

-0.064

0.552

Specialist doctor/nurse

-0.082

0.616

-0.098

0.599

Leaflets (from a HCP)

0.159

0.515

0.184

0.526

Research books/articles

0.385

0.072

0.370

0.179

Patient organisation

0.435

0.052

0.430

0.097

Support groups

0.504

-0.048

0.497

-0.057

Social media

0.497

-0.113

0.487

-0.159

Internet search

0.358

0.068

0.382

-0.007

Variance explained (%)

32.45

18.03

32.49

20.19

Eigenvalues†

2.596

1.442

2.599

1.615

  1. HCP Healthcare professional
  2. Component loadings > 0.300 are highlighted in bold. †Only components with eigenvalues > 1 are presented in this table
  3. Helpfulness data – Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy: 0.723; Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity: p < 0.001
  4. Trustworthy data – Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy: 0.679; Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity: p < 0.001
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BMC Pediatrics

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