From: Factor analysis of self-treatment in diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study
Factors | Factors' Name | Variables | Loading | Eigenvalue | Percent of variance | Accumulated Variance (%) |
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Factor 1 | Knowledge | General Education | 0.433 | 3.46 | 10% | 10% |
Age | 0.932 | |||||
Diabetes related education | 0.422 | |||||
Factor 2 | Deficiencies of formal treatments | Fears of treatments | 0.327 | 2.75 | 8% | 18% |
Long stay for visiting a physician | 0.405 | |||||
Costly treatments | 0.520 | |||||
Frustration of treatment | 0.611 | |||||
Factor 3 | Available self-treatment methods | Home remedies | 0.922 | 1.81 | 6% | 24% |
Doing nothing and waiting to see the progress | 0.587 | |||||
Self-medication | 0.371 | |||||
Use of herbals | 0.352 | |||||
Factor 4 | Physician related factors | Easy physician consultation | 0.358 | 1.64 | 5% | 29% |
Believing physician's competencies | 0.452 | |||||
Respect of physician | 0.355 | |||||
Tendency to changing physician | 0.437 | |||||
Having several physicians | 0.464 | |||||
Factor 5 | Tendency to use herbal remedies | Believing effectiveness of herbals | 0.507 | 1.59 | 5% | 34% |
Believing Herbals are safe | 0.403 | |||||
Factor 6 | Underlying factors | Female Gender | 0.634 | 1.48 | 5% | 39% |
Family support | 0.378 | |||||
Co-morbid illnesses | 0.376 | |||||
Factor 7 | Factors related to diabetes | Type of Diabetes | 0.402 | 1.32 | 4% | 43% |
Duration of diabetes | 0.384 | |||||
Treatment modality (Insulin, oral pills) | 0.576 |