Let’s ask the patient – composition and validation of a questionnaire for patients’ feedback to medical students

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Table 3 Factor loading and descriptive analysis of the PFCP questionnaire^a

	Factor loads EFA		Mean (SD)	Cronbach’s alpha (when items are removed)
	F1	F2	Mean (SD)	Cronbach’s alpha (when items are removed)
Item - 1	−0.07	0.84	4 (0.70)	0.91
Item - 2	−0.05	0.84	4 (0.66)	0.90
Item - 3	0.01	0.80	4 (0.95)	0.90
Item - 4	0.10	0.66	4 (1.28)	0.90
Item - 5	0.20	0.69	4 (0.86)	0.90
Item - 6	0.56	0.42	4 (1.38)	0.89
Item - 7	0.31	0.51	4 (1.33)	0.90
Item - 8	0.70	0.40	4 (1.48)	0.89
Item - 9	0.89	0.10	4 (1.55)	0.89
Item - 10	0.92	−0.03	4 (1.70)	0.90
Item - 11	0.73	0.04	2 (1.96)	0.90
Item - 12	0.71	0.07	3 (1.88)	0.90
Item - 13	0.80	0.13	4 (1.52)	0.90
Item - 14	0.77	0.22	4 (1.43)	0.89
Item - 15	0.82	0.19	4 (1.61)	0.89
Item - 16	0.80	0.23	4 (1.51)	0.89
Item - 17	0.86	0.08	3 (1.44)	0.89
Item - 18	0.26	0.61	4 (0.44)	0.90
Item - 19	0.33	0.59	4 (0.29)	0.90
Variance explained by each factor before and after rotation	10.45 9.72	2.28 6.59

^aThe exploratory factor analysis (EFA) for factor 1 (F1) and factor 2 (F2) with the variance explained by each factor before and after rotation. Mean (SD) for each item and Cronbach’s alpha for each item (when items are removed)

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