Psychometric Assessment of a Physician-Patient Communication Behaviors Scale: The Perspective of Adult HIV Patients in Kenya

Table 2

Factor loading of the PPCB scale.

No.	Items	Communalities	Factor loading	Item mean	Item SD
Subscale 1 (41% variance explained)
1	Your doctor greeted you in a way that made you feel comfortable	.43	.62	.90	.01
3	Encouraged you to express your thoughts concerning your health problems	.51	.65	.69	.12
4	Listened carefully to what you had to say	.65	.74	.23	.03
5	Understood what you had to say	.48	.63	.23	.02
17	Checked to be sure you understood everything	.50	.53	.22	.04
9	Gave you as much information as you wanted	.49	.54	.22	.04
10	Checked to see if the treatment plan(s) was acceptable to you	.37	.53	.66	.14
18	Spent the right amount of time with you	.36	.49	.23	.03
19	Overall, you were satisfied with your visit to the doctor today	.57	.65	.23	.04
Subscale 2 (10% variance explained)
15	Involved you in decisions about your health as much as you wanted	.65	.69	.21	.04
13	Responded to your questions and concerns	.58	.68	.21	.04
12	Encouraged you to ask questions	.46	.58	.19	.05
2	Discussed your reason(s) for coming today	.34	.54	.23	.03
Subscale 3 (8% variance explained)
11	Explained medications, if any, including possible side effects	.75	.82	.18	.05
14	Showed concern about you as a person	.65	.71	.20	.06
8	Discussed treatment options with you	.53	.66	.53	.19
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16	Discussed next steps including any follow-up plans	.28	*	.59	.19

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