No. | Items | Factor Loading* | Communality** | Persian version of the SFS-8 | ||
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Yes N (%) | No N (%) | Mean (± SD) | ||||
1 | Do you live alone? | Was removed | ||||
2 | Do you go out less frequently compared with last year? | 0.595 | 0.354 | 111 (44.4) | 139 (55.6) | 0.444 (± 0.498) |
3 | Do you occasionally meet your friends? | 0.620 | 0.384 | 70 (28.0) | 180 (72.0) | 0.280 (± 0.450) |
4 | Do you talk with someone every day? | 0.759 | 0.576 | 236 (94.4) | 14 (5.6) | 0.056 (± 0.230) |
5 | Do you turn to family or friends for advice? | 0.742 | 0.550 | 206 (82.4) | 44 (17.6) | 0.176 (± 0.382) |
6 | Do you spend at least one meal in a day with another person (such as spouse, child, or friends)? | 0.881 | 0.775 | 220 (88.0) | 30 (12.0) | 0.120 (± 0.326) |
7 | Do you have someone to confide in? | 0.732 | 0.536 | 208 (83.2) | 42 (16.8) | 0.168 (± 0.375) |
8 | Are you facing a limitation to use your financial resources to pay for the medical services that need? | Was removed | ||||
Eigenvalue (6-item) | 3.176 | |||||
The variance explained (%) | 52.9 | |||||
The total score of Persian version of the social frailty scale*** | 1.244 (± 1.345) |