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Table 3 Component Loadings of the Two-factors Model of the Cardiac Depression scale

From: Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the cardiac depression scale tested on Jordanian patients with cardiovascular diseases

Item

Factor 1

Factor 2

Uniqueness

My concentration is as good as it ever was

0.017

0.576

0.661

I feel independent and in control of my life

−0.010

0.715

0.493

I become tearful more easily than before

0.469

−0.208

0.802

I seem to get more easily irritated by others than before

0.677

−0.074

0.569

I have dropped many of my interests and activities

0.488

−0.068

0.779

I feel like I’m living on borrowed time

0.584

−0.060

0.679

I can’t be bothered doing anything much

0.447

0.157

0.729

Dying is the best solution for me

0.410

0.022

0.826

I feel frustrated

0.700

0.040

0.490

I get hardly anything done

0.517

0.042

0.716

There is only misery in the future for me

0.504

0.082

0.712

I may not recover properly

0.325

−0.002

0.895

I gain just as much pleasure from my leisure activities as I used to

−0.000

0.560

0.687

I am not the person I used to be

0.675

0.059

0.515

My memory is as good as it always was

−0.050

0.652

0.594

My mind is as fast and alert as always

0.036

0.661

0.546

I get pleasure from life at present

−0.024

0.658

0.577

My problems are not yet over

0.484

0.078

0.734

Things which I regret about my life are bothering me

0.463

0.020

0.779

I am concerned about my capacity for sexual activity

0.325

0.076

0.872

My sleep is restless and disturbed

0.473

−0.046

0.789

I feel in good spirits

0.000

0.793

0.371

The possibility of sudden death worries me

0.428

0.050

0.800

I lose my temper more easily nowadays

0.529

−0.065

0.739

I am concerned about the uncertainty of my health

0.593

0.028

0.636