A Comparison of the Modified Score for the Assessment of Chronic Rheumatoid Affections of the Hands and the Australian/Canadian Osteoarthritis Hand Index in Hand Osteoarthritis Patients

Table 7

Principal component analysis of the AUSCAN items. Rotated component matrix (item loading).

Question	Component 1	Component 2	Component 3
AUSCAN 1	−0.35	−0.006	−0.776
AUSCAN 2	0.169	0.902	0.159
AUSCAN 3	0.539	0.626	0.149
AUSCAN 4	0.580	0.598	−0.099
AUSCAN 5	0.259	0.744	−0.297
AUSCAN 6	0.539	0.442	0.120
AUSCAN 7	0.551	0.455	0.362
AUSCAN 8	0.898	0.109	−0.184
AUSCAN 9	0.833	0.286	0.297
AUSCAN 10	0.740	0.462	0.329
AUSCAN 11	0.675	0.499	0.309
AUSCAN 12	0.360	0.712	0.396
AUSCAN 13	0.815	0.327	−0.039
AUSCAN 14	0.439	0.699	0.059
AUSCAN 15	0.760	0.490	0.141

Extraction Method: principal component analysis.Rotation Method: varimax with Kaiser normalization.The background indicates questions loading on the same factor.