Table 4 Factors extracted from factor analysis using Varimax rotation (The second factor: Rejection)
From: The design and psychometric evaluation of a COVID-19 social stigma questionnaire in nurses
Question No. | Item | Factor load |
|---|---|---|
4 | My family stays away from me due to fear of contracting COVID-19. | 0.872 |
3 | My friends stigmatize me as being infected with COVID-19. | 0.862 |
2 | My friends stay away from me because of working in the COVID-19 ward. | 0.856 |
5 | I prefer that others do not know about my work in the COVID-19 ward. | 0.820 |
1 | Colleagues from other wards ran away from me for fear of the disease transmission. | 0.774 |
7 | I prefer to spend my free time with my colleagues because we are exposed to the same kind of infection. | 0.672 |
6 | I have decided to quit because I am forced to work in the COVID-19 ward. | 0.625 |