From: Measuring patient perceptions about osteoporosis pharmacotherapy
 |  | Factor Loadings* |  | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Items | Â | Benefits | Barriers | Unique Variance |
Osteoporosis drug treatment benefits†|  |  |  |  |
1 | Drug treatments can help to build strong bones | 0.80 | 0.07 | 0.36 |
2 | You would feel good about taking drug treatments to prevent osteoporosis | 0.94 | -0.06 | 0.11 |
3 | Drug treatments can cut down the chances of broken bones | 0.87 | 0.10 | 0.25 |
6 | You would consider taking drug treatments to prevent broken bones | 0.90 | -0.06 | 0.17 |
11 | If your doctor advised you to, you would take drug treatments to prevent broken bones | 0.78 | -0.12 | 0.36 |
Drug treatment barriers†|  |  |  |  |
8‡ | You are taking too many medications | -0.12 | 0.85 | 0.25 |
9‡ | You have stomach problems that limit your ability to take drug treatment | 0.14 | 0.56 | 0.69 |