Exploratory factor analysis was applied to consolidate items and identify the factors within the Trust and Teamwork Scale - Liberia[ 26].
To achieve this objective, we analyzed the items to identify generic types of risk that were applicable across diverse methodological approaches and program areas in order to consolidate items if they related to the same generic risk.
Consolidate items wherever possible.
If you have an extra refrigerator that holds a small amount of items, consolidate those items into your main refrigerator and unplug the unused refrigerator.
In order to do so, principal component factor extraction and Promax rotation were used to identify factors that determine CHW job satisfaction and motivation by consolidating scale items into sets of derived factors.
Cohort 2 received a new itemised questionnaire (Additional file 1) that retained the highly rated items from cohort 1's first questionnaire, consolidating closely related items, with new questions formulated to capture the themes from the qualitative analysis.
We then created an accumulated and consolidated 10-item scale with values ranging from 0 (no conflict) to 40 (very strong conflict), and alternatively two 5-item subscales with sum scores between 0 and 20 that indicate the two directions of the construct.
For example, after review from the first pair of interviews, three items in the eating/drinking category were consolidated into two items: eating food and drinking liquids; and four items in the ADL mobility category were reduced to two: walking and using stairs.
