Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Fear of Hospitalization Scale in Patients Undergoing Emergency Surgery

Table 2

The result of EFA and internal consistency on the four factors of the Persian version of fear of hospitalization (N = 306).

Factor	Items	Factor loading	h^2	λ	% variance	Internal consistency
Fear of being injured	Q7. I am anxious when I think on a patients’ room	0.957	0.829	2.992	19.94	α = 0.854
	Q8. I am anxious when I think on an operation theatre	0.901	0.765
	Q6. Operation theatre is a place where I would never want to be	0.733	0.588			Ω = 0.862
	Q5. If a physician suggested admission to a hospital, my heart would beat stronger	0.628	0.475
	Q3. I am afraid of general anesthesia	0.458	0.241			AIC = 0.497
	Q1. I would be anxious and having fear if a physician suggests hospitalization	0.351	0.230
Fear of losing privacy or autonomy	Q16. I feel uncomfortable to share the same room with other sick people	0.858	0.686	2.202	14.68	α = 0.841
	Q17. I am afraid that I will not be able to leave the hospital when I feel a need to do so	0.773	0.595
	Q15. I am afraid that I will lose privacy if I am admitted to a hospital	0.735	0.504			Ω = 0.843
	Q14. If I had surgery, my recovery would be questionable	0.574	0.385
	Q13. If I was admitted to a hospital, I would have hard time being away from my family	0.506	0.420			AIC = 0.469
	Q12. Each stay in a hospital is associated with painful procedures	0.481	0.298
Trust in medical staff	Q10. I believe that physicians in a hospital are competent	0.843	0.708	1.620	10.66	α = 0.769
	Q11. I believe that nurses (technicians) would take good care of me when I stay in a hospital	0.717	0.514			Ω = 0.777
	Q9. Medical staff is making me feel secure	0.629	0.398			AIC = 0.529

Abbreviation: h²: communalities; λ: eigenvalues; α: Cronbach’s alpha; Ω: McDonald’s omega; AIC: average interitem correlation.