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Table 4 Assignment of items and categories to a dimension based on the adjusted MCA results

From: Measuring person-centred care in German nursing homes – exploring the construct validity of the Dementia Policy Questionnaire: a cross-sectional study of a secondary data set

Item

Categories

Coordinates Dim 1

Coordinates

Dim 2

Ctr (in %)

Dim 1

Ctr (in %)

Dim 2

Cos2

Dim 1

Cos2

Dim 2

Items assigned to first dimension (Dim 1)

 Item 5

CConference 0

-0.11

-0.03

4.68

0.81

0.50

0.05

CConference 1

0.08

0.03

3.57

0.62

0.50

0.05

   

Ctr item: 8.25

Ctr item: 1.43

  

 Item 6

Involvement 0

-0.12

-0.07

6.65

4.50

0.48

0.19

Involvement 1

0.11

0.07

6.27

4.24

0.48

0.19

   

Ctr item: 12.92

Ctr item: 8.74

  

 Item 9

PreferenceC 0

-0.04

-0.01

1.56

0.23

0.55

0.05

PreferenceC 1

0.22

0.07

7.92

1.16

0.55

0.05

   

Ctr item: 9.48

Ctr item: 1.39

  

 Item 11

AltRestrict 0

-0.19

-0.07

9.27

2.28

0.60

0.09

AltRestrict 1

0.07

0.02

3.15

0.78

0.60

0.09

   

Ctr item: 12.42

Ctr item: 3.06

  

 Item 15

Behavior 0

-0.08

0.03

4.20

0.86

0.68

0.08

Behavior 1

0.21

-0.07

11.43

2.34

0.68

0.08

   

Ctr item: 15.63

Ctr item: 3.20

  

 Item 18

DCM 0

-0.03

0.01

0.85

0.04

0.58

0.02

DCM 1

0.20

-0.03

5.46

0.25

0.58

0.02

   

Ctr item: 6.31

Ctr item: 0.29

  

Items assigned to second dimension (Dim 2)

 Item 2

PreferenceA 0

-0.05

0.25

0.36

18.45

0.02

0.58

PreferenceA 1

0.01

-0.05

0.08

4.03

0.02

0.58

   

Ctr item: 0.44

Ctr item: 22.48

  

 Item 8

PreferenceB 0

-0.07

0.19

1.18

13.68

0.07

0.47

PreferenceB 1

0.02

-0.06

0.34

3.95

0.07

0.47

   

Ctr item: 1.52

Ctr item: 17.63

  

 Item 16

Training 0

-0.01

0.07

0.07

5.00

0.01

0.49

Training 1

0.02

-0.12

0.12

8.40

0.01

0.49

   

Ctr item: 0.19

Ctr item: 13.40

  

No assignment possible

 Item 3

Sheet 0

-0.05

0.04

1.64

1.51

0.40

0.21

Sheet 1

0.08

-0.06

2.51

2.31

0.40

0.21

   

Ctr item: 4.15

Ctr item: 3.82

  

 Item 7

Area 0

-0.10

0.04

2.64

0.64

0.34

0.05

Area 1

0.04

-0.01

1.08

0.26

0.34

0.05

   

Ctr item: 3.72

Ctr item: 0.90

  

 Item 10

CarePlan 0

-0.25

-0.13

4.90

2.49

0.35

0.10

CarePlan 1

0.02

0.01

0.44

0.22

0.35

0.10

   

Ctr item: 5.34

Ctr item: 2.71

  

 Item 12

Rejection 0

-0.11

-0.09

4.64

4.97

0.43

0.27

Rejection 1

0.07

0.06

3.04

3.25

0.43

0.27

   

Ctr item: 7.68

Ctr item: 8.22

  

 Item 13

Drugs 0

-0.03

0.00

0.43

0.00

0.40

0.00

Drugs 1

0.05

0.00

0.85

0.00

0.40

0.00

   

Ctr item: 1.28

Ctr item: 0.00

  

 Item 14

Pain 0

-0.15

0.15

3.21

5.54

0.38

0.38

Pain 1

0.03

-0.03

0.56

0.97

0.38

0.38

   

Ctr item: 3.77

Ctr item: 6.51

  

 Item 17

Expert 0

-0.04

0.03

1.19

1.10

0.42

0.22

Expert 1

0.16

-0.12

4.95

4.57

0.42

0.22

   

Ctr item: 6.14

Ctr item: 5.67

  

 Item 19

Music 0

-0.01

0.01

0.07

0.05

0.11

0.04

Music 1

0.09

-0.05

0.68

0.49

0.11

0.04

   

Ctr item: 0.75

Ctr item: 0.54