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Table 6 Factor analysis toward 16 treatment variations in irreversible coma scenario. (N = 135)

From: Survey of the general public's attitudes toward advance directives in Japan: How to respect patients' preferences

Items

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

Variance

46.0%

11.4%

8.4%

6.7%

Low burden, Good chance, 2 years

.400

.468

.780

.182

High burden, Good chance, 2 years

.262

.388

.452

.783

Low burden, Poor chance, 2 years

.326

.148

.755

.495

High burden, Poor chance, 2 years

.505

.126

.266

.780

Low burden, Good chance, 6 months

.258

.513

.862

.282

High burden, Good chance, 6 months

.212

.630

.456

.698

Low burden, Poor chance, 6 months

.361

.185

.758

.535

High burden, Poor chance, 6 months

.381

.408

.313

.806

CPR, 2 years

.905

.481

.321

.373

Artificial Ventilator, 2 years

.906

.497

.374

.421

Dialysis, 2 years

.732

.534

.524

.290

Artificial Nutrition, 2 years

.754

.617

.438

.295

CPR, 6 months

.691

.784

.259

.412

Artificial Ventilator, 6 months

.627

.778

.310

.411

Dialysis, 6 months

.470

.879

.387

.267

Artificial Nutrition, 6 months

.546

.827

.400

.339

  1. * All loadings greater than 0.50 are in bold type