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Table 3 Factor load of the EFA for the modified HCJSQ (n = 2,265)

From: Measuring job stress of dental workers in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: reliability and validity of the hospital consultants’ job stress questionnaire

Items

Common factor 1

Common factor 2

Common factor 3

2. Encountering difficulties in relationships with junior medical staff

0.192

0.097

0.859

4. Disruption of your home life through spending long hours at work

0.704

0.161

0.206

5. Having inadequate facilities (e.g. equipment, space) to do your job properly

0.668

0.097

0.168

7. Keeping up to date with current clinical and research

0.212

0.677

0.02

9. Encountering difficulties in relationships with consultant colleagues

0.233

0.111

0.844

11. Being responsible for the quality of the work of other staff

0.170

0.83

0.055

14. Having too great an overall volume of work

0.760

0.254

0.102

15. Feeling you are poorly paid for the job you do

0.713

0.149

-0.105

18. Feeling the medical workers in the department is inadequate

0.595

0.262

0.063

20. Disruption of your home life as a result of taking paperwork Home (e.g. research practice)

0.708

0.233

0.168

21. Feeling that your accumulated skills and expertise are not being put to their best use

0.693

0.157

0.247

22. Disruption of your home life as a result of being on duty

0.742

0.102

0.214

23. Having a conflict of responsibilities (e.g. clinical vs. managerial; clinical vs. research)

0.689

0.289

0.242

24. Uncertainty over the future development of your unit/institution

0.723

0.147

0.200

25. Being responsible for the welfare of other staff

0.234

0.727

0.199

Variance contribution rate

43.412%

8.568%

8.264%

Cumulative variance contribution rate

43.412%

51.979%

60.243%

  1. Abbreviations: EFA: exploratory factor analysis; HCJSQ: The Hospital Consultants’ Job Stress Questionnaire