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Table 4 Factor loads and communalities of the final model with four dimensions

From: Dental vulnerability scale in primary health care: evidence of content and structure internal validity

Item

F1

F2

F3

F4

h2

5. Does your health keep you from doing any daily activities?

0.83

0.04

0.03

0.01

0.43

9. Do you have any movement difficulties?

0.61

 − 0.02

0.02

0.01

0.38

10. Do you have any disease that requires monitoring?

0.45

0.06

 − 0.01

 − 0.01

0.36

24. Do you consider it important to take care of your mouth?

0.03

0.34

0.01

0.08

0.14

25. Do you believe that diseases of the mouth can be avoided?

 − 0.01

0.57

 − 0.01

 − 0.01

0.22

26. Do you consider yourself responsible for your oral health?

0.01

0.38

 − 0.06

0.03

0.13

27. Do you consider it important to have all the teeth in your mouth?

0.02

0.61

 − 0.03

 − 0.06

0.30

31. Do you have a bathroom in your house?

0.02

 − 0.01

0.88

0.01

0.78

32. Do you have electric power in your house?

0.01

 − 0.04

0.97

 − 0.03

0.89

33. Do you have running water in your house?

0.01

0.01

0.86

 − 0.01

0.71

34. Do you have sewage system in your house?

0.01

 − 0.01

0.36

0.08

0.15

36. Are you familiar with the public primary care unit where you can visit?

0.02

0.18

0.09

0.32

0.20

37. Do you use the public primary care unit?

 − 0.01

0.21

0.08

0.37

0.24

38. Are you accompanied by an oral health team?

0.01

 − 0.09

 − 0.07

0.74

0.53

39. Do you see the dentist without paying?

0.01

 − 0.10

0.01

0.75

0.53

  1. F1—“Overall Health” Dimension; F2—“Oral Health” Dimension–F3; – “Infrastructure” Dimension”; and F4—“Healthcare Service” Dimension; h2—commonalities; In bold—factor loads ≥ 0.30