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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
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