Development and Validation of Acupuncture Fear Scale

Table 6

Factor variance explained and item factor loadings for the final solution.

Item	Factor loadings	Variance explained (%)
Factor 1: sensation of pain		51.296
AFS1	0.856
AFS2	0.873
AFS3	0.764
AFS4	0.849
AFS5	0.840
AFS6	0.675
AFS7	0.828
AFS8	0.784
Factor 2: possible adverse events		16.445
AFS9	0.686
AFS10	0.710
AFS11	0.810
AFS12	0.841
AFS13	0.735
AFS14	0.652
AFS15	0.773
AFS16	0.846

AFS: acupuncture fear scale.