Table 2 Rotated factor loadings of the exploratory factor analysis of the African Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire

Attitudes towards general health check-ups

 Q1

0.84

0.31

0.00

0.15

 Q2

0.83

0.34

0.01

0.17

 Q3

0.83

0.26

0.03

0.15

 Q4

0.82

0.30

0.09

0.11

Knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer

 Q5

0.29

0.82

0.11

0.25

 Q6

0.28

0.84

0.16

0.21

 Q7

0.35

0.79

0.06

0.09

 Q8

0.36

0.79

0.13

0.00

Barriers to mammographic screening

 Q9

0.13

−0.08

0.85

0.08

 Q10

0.21

0.13

0.11

0.91

 Q11

0.17

0.19

0.18

0.89

 Q12

−0.06

0.18

0.85

0.16

 Q13

0.03

0.24

0.86

0.07