Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of Challenge-Hindrance Demands Scale for the Nursing Profession

Table 2

Exploratory factor analysis findings of the Challenge Demands Scale.

Challenge Demands Scale	F1	F2	F3	F4
Complex or difficult work	−0.009	0.801	−0.015	−0.088
Responsibility of multiple tasks	−0.048	0.864	0.014	0.015
Heavy workload	0.177	0.442	−0.025	0.295
Working more than normal daily working hours	−0.079	0.031	0.033	0.854
Irregular work schedule	0.258	−0.115	0.073	0.641
Working with patients (overly demanding, nervous, uncooperative, etc.) who increase work stress	0.094	0.010	0.861	0.003
Working with patient relatives (over-demanding, nervous, uncooperative, etc.,) who increase work stress	0.026	−0.024	0.887	0.057
Lack of staff in the unit	0.434	0.107	0.232	0.069
Working with noncompetent nurses in the unit	0.638	0.111	0.042	−0.005
Working with doctors who increase work stress (overly demanding, closed to new ideas, uncooperative, etc.)	0.771	0.022	0.146	−0.093
Unfair treatment at work (e.g., by the supervisor or coworkers)	0.915	−0.048	0.066	−0.125
Conflict within or between departments	0.945	−0.005	−0.149	0.057
Risk of injury or illness	0.732	−0.089	−0.033	0.137
Eigenvalues	6.802	1.112	0.616	0.385
Explained variance (%)	52.326	8.551	4.738	2.958
Total explained variance (%)	52.326	60.876	65.614	68.572