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Table 2 Initial factor analysis of all the 31 items related to the acute and rehabilitation phases

From: The family experiences of in-hospital care questionnaire in severe traumatic brain injury (FECQ-TBI): a validation study

 

Factor loadingsa

Item

1:

Rehabilitation

Organization, cooperation, competence

2:

Acute

Organization and Information

3: Rehabilitation

Information and Involvement

4: Rehabilitation

Organization – stability

Re: Felt assure regarding necessary care and rehabilitation

.92

   

Re: Staff seemed professionally competent

.88

   

Re: Staff committed themselves to patient

.83

   

Re: Care and rehabilitation well planned

.83

   

Re: Thoughtfulness, care for the patient

.81

   

Re: Staff provided assistance with the patient

.75

   

Re: Fixed group nurses

.69

   

Re: Staff provided coordinated information

.67

   

Re: Staff collaboration

.67

   

Re: Adequate explanation about the purpose of the rehabilitative care

.50

   

Ac: Thoughtfulness, care for the patient

 

.87

  

Ac: Staff gave understandable information

 

.85

  

Ac: Staff collaboration

 

.83

  

Ac: Staff professionally competent

 

.82

  

Ac: Fixed group nurses

 

.81

  

Ac: Information tests and examinations

 

.80

  

Ac: Care and rehabilitation well planned

 

.79

  

Ac: Staff took account of family situation

 

.71

.45

 

Ac: Thoughtfulness, care for the relative

 

.71

.49

 

Ac: Staff interested in your opinions

 

.63

.55

 

Re: Thoughtfulness, care for the relative

  

.80

 

Re: Informed what you could contribute with

  

.78

 

Re: Staff took account of family situation

  

.77

 

Re: Staff interested in your opinions

  

.75

 

Re: Information about rights (vocational opportunities, pensions, insurance, support)

  

.62

 

Re: Staff gave understandable information

.45

 

.61

 

Re: Information tests and examinations b

  

.38

 

Re: Had a fixed rehabilitation contact-person

   

.73

Re: One doctor mainly responsible

   

.71

Ac: One doctor mainly responsible b

 

.58

 

.59

Re: Fixed group of other therapists

   

.53

  1. Ac Items related to the acute phase (intensive care unit or a surgical department)
  2. Re Items related to in-patient rehabilitation
  3. aFactor loadings < 0.4 are suppressed
  4. bItems in Italics was removed before the next factor analysis due to low or cross-loadings