Development and validation of a contextual measure of functioning for people living with severe mental disorders in rural Africa

Table 6 Factor loadings of the men and women shared items in the validation study (n = 150)

Item	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
Able to ask for or prepare and eat food when needed		0.59
Washing own body		0.79
Washing hands before and after eating		0.78
Washing own clothes		0.69
Cutting nails		0.78
Able to change clothes when it gets dirty	0.43	0.80
Able to keep oneself from danger		0.63
Using the toilet properly		0.63
Washing hair	0.43	0.81
Working in the field			0.82
Kitchen gardening			0.82
Looking after and attending livestock during the day			0.81
Cutting grass			0.80
Splitting firewood			0.83
Going to market	0.42		0.71
Travelling for one hour			0.48
Following up children’s health	0.64	0.42	0.45
Motivating and encouraging children in their education and other activities	0.66		0.45
Communicating well (living in peace and agreement) with family	0.69
Discussing family issues with family members	0.75
Helping parents or close elderly relatives	0.77
Maintaining social contact with relatives	0.73
Following up children’s hygiene	0.73		0.41
Advising and disciplining children	0.78
Communicating well (living in peace and harmony) with neighbors	0.77
Doing different tasks in cooperation with neighbors	0.74		0.42
Going and attending when there is mourning in the neighborhood	0.74
Participating in Idir^a	0.71
Visiting postnatal women, people who are sick, prisoners and elderly	0.72
Participating in and preparing Mahiber/Senbete/Lika/Dado^b	0.66	0.43
Attending Kebele^c and village meetings	0.65		0.40
Going to church/mosque	0.64
Giving food or money for those who are in need	0.60

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