Development of an Assessment Tool of Menstrual-Cycle-Related Signs and Symptoms Based on Thai Traditional Medicine Principles for Evaluation of Women’s Health
Table 6
Mean, SD, factor loading communalities, eigenvalues, variances, and Cronbach’s α coefficient for the associated factors section.
Associated factors
Score
Components
Communalities
Mean
SD
1
2
3
4
5
Emotion and feeling
1. You are irritable or angry
1.72
1.01
0.848
0.749
2. You are bored, depressed, or in despair
1.42
1.06
0.789
0.662
3. You feel anxious or worried
1.98
1.11
0.789
0.722
Types of drinks
4. You like to drink ice-beverages or frappe
2.77
1.05
0.778
0.632
5. You like to drink caffeine beverages (e.g., chocolate, tea, carbonated beverage, energy drinks, coffee)
2.09
1.30
0.763
0.634
6. You like to eat fried food, oily food, bakery products, e.g., streaky pork, bacon, cheese, bread, cakes
2.25
0.93
0.661
0.515
Types of food
7. You eat preserved food and/or uncooked food, e.g., fruit preserves, sashimi, and medium to raw meat
1.49
0.93
0.742
0.572
8. You like to eat strong-flavored foods, e.g., extremely spicy, extremely sour
2.32
1.12
0.679
0.632
9. You like to drink alcoholic drinks
0.78
0.93
0.578
0.394
Environment (hot and cold)
10. You sit for a long time during the day (more than 30 minutes/time)
2.14
1.17
0.676
0.518
11. In one day, you must enter and exit the area with temperature differences (hot and cold)
2.17
1.21
0.563
0.383
12. You work or stay in a bad environment for a long time a day (in the area too hot or cold/exposed to or inhaling chemicals)
1.20
1.14
0.509
0.372
Behavior and health problem
13. You have sleep problems, e.g., insomnia, waking up with a fright in the middle of the night
1.54
1.06
0.600
0.603
14. You travel to cities or places with a different climate from your current place of residence
0.76
0.80
0.522
0.468
15. You work hard (using a lot of energy or muscle power)
1.27
0.95
0.494
0.451
16. You have constipation
1.45
1.10
0.425
0.364
Eigenvalue
2.39
1.84
1.59
1.55
1.31
% of variance explained
14.97
11.49
9.92
9.67
8.17
% of variance explained overall
54.21
Reliability
Cronbach’s α coefficient
0.81
0.62
0.53
0.38
0.32
It was the item that belongs to the wrong component according to the theoretical concept and was removed before calculating Cronbach’s α coefficient of each component.
