The Reduction of Distress Using Therapeutic Geothermal Water Procedures in a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 4

Factorial distribution of seafarers’ distress symptoms before treatment.

Symptoms (descending order of factorial weights)	Factorial weight
	() Mental	() Dyspeptic	() Respiratory	() Asthenia
Symptoms more related to factor 1
Anxiety	0.806
Depression	0.730
Sleep disturbances	0.500	0.462
Symptoms more related to factor 2
Intestinal problems		0.865
Pain		0.547
Lack of concentration		0.499
Symptoms more related to factor 3
Shortness of breath			0.776
Nausea			0.761
Cough			0.481
Symptoms more related to factor 4
Lack of appetite				0.879
Fatigue				0.413
Eigen value	1.73	1.70	1.62	1.23
Percentage of the variance explained	15.75	15.52	14.76	11.19
Min	−1.6149	−1.5174	−2.0484	−2.0169
Max	4.5899	6.8986	6.0918	6.3526
Percentage of negative values	67.3	64.8	81.0	73.5
Percentage of positive values	32.7	35.2	19.0	26.5