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Table 3 Structural validity results of the PCQ-G-S based on the total sample (N = 120)

From: Item distribution, internal consistency and structural validity of the German language person-centred climate questionnaire - staff version (PCQ-G-S): a cross-sectional study

No.

PCQ-G Staff version

Factor 1

 A climate of safety

Factor 2

 A climate of everydayness

Factor 3

 A climate of community

1.

A place where I feel welcome

0.804

  

2.

A place where I feel acknowledged as a person

0.793

  

3.

A place where I feel I can be myself

0.810

  

4.

A place where the patients are in safe hands

0.502

 

(0.473)

5.

A place where the staff use a language that the patients can understand

0.521

  

6.

A place which feels homely even though it is in an institution

(0.470)

0.498

 

7.

A place where there is something nice to look at

 

0.715

 

8.

A place where it is quiet and peaceful

 

0.707

 

9.

A place where it is possible to get unpleasant thoughts out of your head

(0.426)

0.725

 

10.

A place which is neat and clean

 

0.805

 

11.

A place where it is easy for the patients to keep in contact with their loved ones

 

(0.472)

0.673

12.

A place where it is easy for the patients to receive visitors

 

(0.409)

0.779

13.

A place where it is easy for the patients to talk to the staff

  

0.748

14.

A place where the patients have someone to talk to if they so wish

0.442

 

0.788

 

Cumulative explained variance (%)

51,60

61,07

68,88

 

Cronbach’s alpha

0,845

0,877

0,867

 

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) criterion

0,863

  
 

Bartlett’s test

of sphericity

P < 0,005

  
  1. Only factor loadings > 0.40 are presented; factor loadings in parentheses imply that a specific item loads to more than one factor and that the factor loading to the other factor is higher
  2. Missing values were pairwise excluded