Research Article

Nurses’ Work Methods Assessment Scale: A Construct Validation

Table 3

Factorial structure and quality of adjustment.

ItemsFator 1Fator 2Fator 3Fator 4Fator 5Correlations item-totalcorrected

120.7340.1570.0040.0990.0190.576
130.6850.2830.0970.0010.0760.604
140.8050.1870.0880.1440.0640.691
150.7710.2430.1260.0720.0530.683
160.725−0.0110.0720.1290.0320.515
170.6510.1150.1750.172−0.0840.554
180.7930.2250.1960.076−0.0520.698
190.1370.803−0.0610.0300.1320.406
200.2410.4900.0010.308−0.0610.411
210.2860.6100.130−0.1670.0480.418
220.1900.8420.0130.114−0.0290.491
230.1800.833−0.0890.0130.0760.426
80.045−0.0840.7880.069−0.0860.235
90.163−0.1990.6220.0260.3140.254
10−0.155−0.0640.7110.0720.0890.107
110.1720.0200.4440.0830.0500.269
240.2080.1590.6880.180−0.0780.450
250.2670.1320.620−0.1720.0470.357
10.0600.0900.0660.450−0.0760.191
2−0.1300.0930.1450.448−0.3200.049
30.314−0.078−0.1160.7390.1390.338
40.2800.0600.1310.4720.0030.355
50.064−0.0990.0680.6450.4240.236
6−0.1230.2090.002−0.0510.7270.055
70.1120.0180.1860.0730.7390.241
% variance24.35811.3757.6946.4415.482

The values in the table indicate the factorial weights of the items in each factor, with the highest weight of each item being in bold.