Research Article

The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: Reliability, Factor Structure, and Related Clinical Factors among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Chronic Pain

Table 2

Factor pattern matrix for the PSQI two-factor solution and factor matrix for the PSQI single-factor solution, comparing two extraction methods.

PSQI componentsPCA extractionML extraction

PSQI two-factor solutionFactor 1Factor 2Factor 1Factor 2
1. Subjective sleep quality0.72-0.210.810.01
2. Sleep latency0.51-0.250.440.16
3. Sleep duration0.04-0.870.230.54
4. Habitual sleep efficiency-0.03-0.91-0.091.04
5. Sleep disturbances0.740.060.59-0.03
6. Use of sleeping medication0.590.090.350.04
7. Daytime dysfunction0.720.020.62-0.08
% of total variance41.0715.9621.3824.49
Interfactor correlation-0.350.47
PSQI single-factor solutionFactor 1Factor 1
1. Subjective sleep quality0.790.77
2. Sleep latency0.630.55
3. Sleep duration0.680.58
4. Habitual sleep efficiency0.650.53
5. Sleep disturbances0.610.54
6. Use of sleeping medication0.460.37
7. Daytime dysfunction0.620.55
% of total variance41.0731.95

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, principal component analysis, and maximum likelihood. are in bold and were retained in the factor.