Table 5 Factor loads obtained from Turkish and US algorithms and comparison of mean scores of Turkish and US algorithms for PCS and MCS
From: Normative data and discriminative properties of short form 36 (SF-36) in Turkish urban population
Factor 1 (TR) | Factor 1 (US) | Factor 2 (TR) | Factor 2 (US) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PF | 0.83 | 0.88 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
RP | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.18 | 0.30 |
BP | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.15 | 0.24 |
MH | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.90 | 0.90 |
RE | 0.53 | 0.19 | 0.42 | 0.81 |
SF | 0.69 | 0.44 | 0.31 | 0.71 |
GH | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.34 | 0.32 |
VT | 0.24 | 0.59 | 0.85 | 0.57 |
PCS (TR) (Mean ± SD) | PCS (US) (Mean ± SD) | MCS (TR) (Mean ± SD) | MCS (US) (Mean ± SD) | |
49.8 ± 10.8 | 52.6 ± 8.8 | 49.6 ± 9.9 | 51.7 ± 5.7 | |
p* | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||