From: Breast cancer screening beliefs questionnaire: psychometric properties of the Persian version
Factors | Items | Factor loading | Item communality | Variance | Eigen value |
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Screening attitude | Q4. I do not see a doctor when I am healthy. | 0.78 | 0.61 | 22.81 | 2.51 |
Q3. I see a doctor or get a checkup whenever I have a health problem. | 0.76 | 0.57 | |||
Q1. I do not need any checkups when I feel good. | 0.75 | 0.55 | |||
Q2. I do not need any checkups when I have a healthy lifestyle, a balanced diet and regular fitness activities. | 0.72 | 0.52 | |||
Screening knowledge and perception | Q6. Breast cannot be cured, the only thing you can do is to prolong the suffering period. | 0.79 | 0.62 | 17.36 | 1.97 |
Q5. Breast cancer is lethal and if you get breast cancer you will certainly die. | 0.56 | 0.29 | |||
Q8. If a woman’s fate is to get breast cancer, she will and she can do nothing to change her fate. | 0.55 | 0.33 | |||
Q7. Even if breast cancer is diagnosed in its early stages, there is very little chance of survival for the patient. | 0.53 | 0.23 | |||
Screening practice | Q12. Mammography makes me feel shamed and embarrassed. | 0.83 | 0.68 | 15.54 | 1.71 |
Q10. It is hard for me to commute for mammography. | 0.52 | 0.30 | |||
Q11. I do not want to get a mammography because I have to take of my clothes and expose my breasts. | 0.49 | 0.23 |