Development and validation of the aggregate score: negative beliefs about cancer outcomes
| Country | Factor score coefficients | Communality explained (%)* | Correlation with aggregate score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q28 ‘normal activities’ | Q31 ‘cure’ | Q33 ‘death sentence’ | |||
| Canada | 0.4319 | 0.5327 | 0.2724 | 50.0 | 0.991 |
| The UK | 0.3776 | 0.6330 | 0.2895 | 50.0 | 0.998 |
| Australia | 0.4185 | 0.6664 | 0.2385 | 50.2 | 0.999 |
| Denmark | 0.3242 | 0.7554 | 0.2367 | 50.2 | 0.998 |
| Norway | 0.3462 | 0.8330 | 0.2182 | 46.1 | 0.996 |
| Sweden | 0.3549 | 0.7936 | 0.2453 | 47.0 | 0.998 |
| †Mean | 0.3756 | 0.7024 | 0.2501 | ||
*The target is ≥47% (a 40% excess above the baseline of 33%).
†The mean factor score coefficients become the weights for the aggregate score.