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Table 4 Component solution of the PSBS

From: Evaluation of the palliative symptom burden score (PSBS) in a specialised palliative care unit of a university medical centre - a longitudinal study

Main componenta

Expl. variance (%)bc

C d

Items

Factor loading

1. Psychosomatic symptom complex

18.34

.97

Alertness

.74

Confusion

.79

Restlessness/ anxiety

.51

Weakness

.66

2. Gastrointestinal symptom complex

14.15

.97

Nausea

.87

Vomiting

.88

3. Respiratory symptom complex

11.89

.98

Dyspnoea

.76

Coughing

.82

4. Sweating

10.17

.82

Sweating

.91

5. Pain

9.40

.87

Pain

.84

6. Itching

9.16

.85

Itching

.93

  1. aPrincipal component analysis; extraction criterion = 6 main components
  2. bRotation method: varimax rotation, Kaiser-normalisation
  3. cCumulative explained variance = 73.12%
  4. dComponent replicability: Tucker’s coefficient of congruency