Table 3 Principal components analyses: factor loadings for barriers to obtaining cancer information
From: Class, race and ethnicity and information avoidance among cancer survivors
Factors | ||
|---|---|---|
Please tell us whether each of the following issues was a large problem, a small problem, or no problem at all in finding or getting the information you wanted about your cancer | Information Access Barriers | Information Utilization Barriers |
I did not have enough access to the Internet | 0.928 | |
I did not have enough access to a computer | 0.920 | |
Difficulties in using a computer | 0.867 | |
Difficulties using an on-line search tool or software | 0.860 | |
There was no way to tell if information was accurate | 0.876 | |
There was no way to tell if information was up-to-date | 0.855 | |
There was no way to tell if information was relevant to my situation | 0.804 | |
There was too much information | 0.682 | |
The available information used too many technical terms | 0.584 | |
