Development of the Global Disability Scale (Glo.Di.S): preliminary results

Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N; Lekka, Eirini; Kouidi, Evangelia; Chouvarda, Ioanna; Deligiannis, Asterios; Maglaveras, Nickolaos

doi:10.1186/1744-859X-11-14

Annals of General Psychiatry

Table 2 Factor analysis

From: Development of the Global Disability Scale (Glo.Di.S): preliminary results

Glo.Di.S item	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4
Stand up from sitting	*0.57*	0.11	*0.63*	0.23
Dress by yourself	*0.84*	0.14	0.25	0.10
Eat by yourself	*0.73*	0.31	-0.05	-0.15
Move around your house by yourself	*0.81*	0.12	0.32	0.21
Take a bath or a shower by yourself	*0.80*	0.13	0.31	0.25
Carryout the most important works in the house	*0.70*	0.14	0.40	0.45
Complete all the works of the house	*0.65*	0.11	0.45	0.44
Carry on your everyday work	*0.54*	0.28	0.37
Stay alone for a few days	*0.54*	0.21	0.31	0.22
Get out of the house for a walk, shopping etc.	*0.68*	0.08	0.47	0.37
Deal with various obstacles or physically demanding situations (stairs, taking the bus etc.)	0.29	0.14	*0.83*	0.08
Stand for some time (15–30 minutes)	0.28	0.15	*0.85*	0.13
Walk for a distance of around a kilometer	0.27	0.13	*0.85*	0.13
Concentrate on something for 5–10 minutes (Newspaper, TV, cooking)	0.09	0.27	0.17	*0.73*
Learn something new (how to go to a new place, a new recipe etc)	0.26	0.33	0.17	*0.64*
Participate in the activities of the community (e.g. religious, celebrations etc.)	*0.43*	0.34	0.39	*0.54*
Handle your relationships with people close to you (friends, relatives etc.)	0.18	*0.64*	0.20	0.21
Socialize with people you don’t know	0.26	*0.66*	0.10	*0.51*
Keep a friendship	0.20	*0.82*	0.09	0.25
Make new friends	0.05	*0.84*	0.13	0.23
Have sexual life	*0.44*	0.24	*0.37*	*0.39*
Live with dignity because of your problem	0.18	*0.48*	0.38	-0.11
How much time you dedicated to your health issues and their consequences?	0.20	0.25	*0.69*	0.38
How emotionally distressed are you because of your health?	0.13	0.33	*0.66*	0.39
How much of an economic burden to you and your family is your health?	0.34	0.03	*0.55*	0.42
Explained variance	5.85	3.36	5.38	3.35
Proportion of variance explained	23%	13%	22%	13%
Total variance explained				71%

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