Development and psychometric properties of a friendly dietary function assessment scale for home-dwelling people with dementia

Table 3 Exploratory Factor Analyses Results

Factor/ Item	Factor loading		Cumulative Variance (%)	Cronbach’s alpha	McDonald’s Omega coefficient
Factor/ Item	1	2	Cumulative Variance (%)	Cronbach’s alpha	McDonald’s Omega coefficient
Factor 1: Self-eating ability			42.96	0.70	0.70
1. Decides that they need to eat	0.77	0.12
3. Eats an appropriate amount at meals	0.68	0.11
2. Chooses appropriate utensils when eating	0.67	0.45
8. Decides to prepare a light meal or snack for themself	0.63	0.19
Factor 2: Dietary executive function			13.98	0.69	0.73
4. Uses a spoon to eat	0.16	0.79
5. Need to have food cut up into small pieces	0.10	0.77
7. Relies on others to be fed	0.34	0.73
Total Variance Explained /Cronbach’s alpha/ McDonald’s Omega			56.94	0.74	0.80

Note. N = 95 (Sample 1). The number in bold indicates the factor loading of including in Diet Function Assessment Scale items

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