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Table 3 Results of CFA of the attitude section

From: A confirmatory factor analysis of the knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire towards prevention of respiratory tract infections during Hajj and Umrah

Factors

Items

Factor loading

Reliability (Raykovā€™s rho)

Barriers to compliance

A3: Since the bird flu, SARS, MERS-COV and H1N1 crises are over, I no longer need to worry about contracting flu-like illnesses

0.696

0.76

A8: I am generally opposed to wearing a face mask

0.555

A9: Flu vaccinations have unpleasant side effects

0.376

A10: I am influence by negative news about flu vaccines

0.751

A11: It is too much trouble to get a flu vaccine

0.751

Self-motivation

A4 If I have a flu-like illness, I may spread it to others

0.516

0.72

A5: I feel that someone that have influenza-like illness should:

Ā 

A5A: cover his mouth and nose with his bare hand when coughing or sneezing

0.603

A5B: cover his mouth and nose with a handkerchief when coughing or sneezing

0.402

A6: Influenza vaccines protects hajj pilgrims from influenza

0.75

A7: Using a hand wash can prevent you from getting flu like illness

0.652

A12A: I think coughs and the flu can be prevented by wearing a mask outside my house

0.424

A13: Wearing a well-fitting face mask is effective in preventing flu-like illnesses

0.431