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Table 3 Exploratory factor analysis for Patient Care Ownership scale

From: Patient care ownership in medical students: a validation study

Items with the original subscale

Factors

1

2

3

4

B- I have a sense of belonging in this healthcare team.

0.878

0.125

− 0.054

− 0.088

B- I have close bonds with my healthcare team.

0.849

0.127

− 0.025

− 0.048

SI- I feel like I am a member of the healthcare team.

0.828

0.122

− 0.047

− 0.210

SI- I am an active member of the healthcare team.

0.788

0.144

0.010

− 0.200

SI- Being a member of this healthcare team is important to me.

0.732

0.199

− 0.051

− 0.057

B- I feel included on this team.

0.728

0.163

− 0.119

− 0.109

SI- I enjoy working as a team.

0.640

0.203

− 0.210

0.085

 A- I have the right to hold others accountable for the care of my patient.

0.107

0.786

0.179

− 0.012

 A- I have the right to ask for others to justify their management decisions when it pertains to my patients.

0.085

0.778

0.164

0.098

 A- I consistently hold myself accountable for my patients’ care.

0.213

0.677

− 0.044

− 0.181

 A- I have a right to know what is going on with my patient.

0.226

0.639

− 0.082

0.042

SE- When I make plans for patient care, I am certain I can make them work.

0.306

0.568

0.201

− 0.158

T- I feel I need to protect my work (i.e. notes, slides, records) from others on my healthcare team.*

0.035

− 0.027

0.837

0.216

T- I feel I need to protect my ideas about patients from my peers.*

− 0.075

− 0.002

0.827

0.243

T- I feel that people I work with should not invade my areas of responsibility.*

− 0.098

0.169

0.748

0.010

T- I feel I have to assert my role on this healthcare team.*

− 0.156

0.141

0.574

0.075

SE- I feel insecure about my ability to do things related to patient-care.*

− 0.037

− 0.090

0.077

0.842

SI- I do not feel sufficiently confident to try different ways of providing patient care.*

− 0.241

− 0.110

0.183

0.821

SI- I have difficulty using my knowledge in patient care on this healthcare team.*

− 0.157

0.106

0.307

0.760

  1. Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis
  2. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization
  3. a. Rotation converged in 6 iterations
  4. *Reversed item
  5. Modified Avey’s subscales: B – Belongingness, A – Accountability, T – Territoriality, SI – Self-Identification, SE – Self-Efficacy