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Table 3 Ordinal factor analysis

From: Exploring differential item functioning in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)

WOMAC subscale

Eigenvalues (%variance)

MAP: number of dimensions

N

 

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

  

Physical

12.11 (71.3)

1.27 (7.4)

0.78 (4.6)

1

675

Pain-knee

4.05 (81.1)

0.44 (8.9)

0.28 (5.9)

1

557

Pain-hip

4.39 (87.7)

0.27 (5.4)

0.22 (4.4)

1

449

Impair (stiff + pain)-knee

5.40 (77.2)

0.51 (7.3)

0.42 (6.0)

1

553

Impair (stiff + pain)-hip

5.86 (83.7)

0.44 (6.2)

0.30 (4.3)

1

437

All items-knee

15.96 (66.4)

1.82 (7.6)

1.13 (4.7)

1

517

All items-hip

14.77 (61.5)

3.01 (12.5)

1.08 (4.5)

2

403

  1. Impair, impairment.