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Table 3 Results of exploratory factor analyses when removing items

From: A 5 item version of the Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology (CQR5) successfully identifies low adherence to DMARDs

Factor analysis

Item removed

MSA of removed item

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin

Number of factors

Highest eigen value

Ratio of first to second eigen values

Cumulative percentage of variance explained

CQR19

-

-

0.79

6

4.48

2.86

61.61

CQR18

11

0.39

0.80

6

4.96

2.57

64.00

CQR17

16

0.52

0.81

5

4.92

2.55

60.87

CQR16

19

0.67

0.83

4

4.79

2.97

54.92

CQR15

12

0.69

0.83

4

4.71

3.16

56.20

CQR14

9

0.68

0.84

3

4.65

3.39

51.05

CQR13

8

0.66

0.85

3

4.60

3.37

53.69

CQR12

1

0.82

0.84

2

4.30

3.36

54.97

CQR11

4

0.86

0.84

1

4.26

-

50.36