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Table 2 The three factors of the Persian BCSBQ and their items

From: Breast cancer screening beliefs questionnaire: psychometric properties of the Persian version

Factors

Items

Factor loading

Item communality

Variance

Eigen value

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