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Table 3 The distribution and exploratory factor analysis for the Legal Consciousness Scale

From: The association between fear of malpractice and burnout among Chinese medical workers: The mediating role of legal consciousness

Item

N (%)

Factor 1

None

Sometimes

Often

Always

Q1 Do you think the legal knowledge you have is helpful for your medical treatment and diagnosis?

25 (2.4)

107 (10.4)

339 (32.9)

560 (54.3)

0.803

Q2 Do you think the legal knowledge you have is helpful to prevent medical dispute with patients

58 (5.6)

125 (12.1)

380 (36.9)

468 (45.4)

0.765

Q3 Do you think that once there is a medical dispute, you can take the initiative to seek legal protection?

43 (4.2)

178 (17.3)

341 (33.1)

469 (45.5)

0.722

Q4 Do you think you have enough legal knowledge or do you always think you need to study the legal knowledge?

27 (2.6)

139 (13.5)

421 (40.8)

444 (43.1)

0.713

Q5 Do you think it is necessary for you to enhance legal literacy?

17 (1.6)

53 (5.1)

372 (36.1)

589 (57.1)

0.820

  1. The values ​​of the Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) test was 0.834 (satisfactory values ​​ > 0.500) and the Bartlett sphericity test was significant (p < 0.001). All of the items’ factorial loads were > 0.7