Patient-reported negative experiences related to caries and its treatment among Swedish adult patients

BMC Oral Health

Table 3 Loadings of variables on factors (bold print) emerging from rotated component matrix with reliability estimates (Cronbach’s alpha)

Item nr.	Abbreviated item label	Factor 1 Caries-related information	Factor 2 Negative experience/emotions	Factor 3 Negative treatment/attitudes
1	Told you had caries	0.78	0.28	0.09
2	Told you needed extra caries-preventive treatment	0.86	0.27	0.09
3	Informed about causes of caries	0.80	0.20	0.03
5	Recommended limiting your intake of sugar	0.69	0.13	0.24
6	Recommended using some form of fluoride	0.84	0.15	0.14
11	Told your immunity to caries was impaired	0.79	0.00	0.26
12	Treatment was painful	0.31	0.70	0.02
13	You felt calm^a	0.09	0.81	0.16
14	You felt frightened	0.23	0.84	0.11
15	You felt stressed	0.23	0.72	0.32
16	You felt anxious	0.11	0.86	0.16
17	You felt you were in control^a	0.07	0.48	0.16
18	You were treated in a condescending manner	0.16	0.11	0.69
19	You were disappointed	0.10	0.25	0.81
20	You felt powerless	0.29	0.29	0.78
Cronbach’s alpha		0.91	0.87	0.75

^aThese items were reverse-scored
Item excluded from analyses because shared variance between Factor 1 and 2
4 Recommended to reduce the number of snacks between meals
Item excluded from analyses as they did not load on any of the factors
7 Had your teeth polished
8 Had fluoride varnish applied on your teeth
9 Instructed how to brush your teeth
10 Instructed how to use dental floss or other devices to clean between your teeth

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