Table 3

Factor analysis of the 26 items of the HNS-HSC n=226

Cronbach’s α	Factor I	Factor II	Factor III	Factor IV	Factor V
Cronbach’s α	0.935	0.892	0.860	0.851	0.822
Item/factor	Helping spouses plan their futures	Helping caregivers alleviate any regrets regarding their care	Understanding the bond between a couple	Providing support for anticipatory grief	Addressing the spousal caregiver’s emotions after their spouse’s death
36	0.944	−0.028	0.051	−0.041	−0.042
37	0.913	−0.100	0.075	−0.031	0.049
34	0.910	−0.076	−0.041	0.098	−0.233
38	0.902	−0.034	−0.066	−0.040	−0.011
35	0.719	0.014	−0.010	−0.075	0.236
32	0.586	0.056	−0.045	0.090	0.275
33	0.539	0.132	−0.098	−0.025	0.360
17	0.051	0.906	0.003	−0.136	−0.063
14	−0.137	0.780	−0.150	0.146	0.064
15	−0.092	0.752	0.093	0.037	0.011
16	−0.054	0.709	0.126	−0.252	0.217
13	−0.128	0.660	−0.079	0.099	0.079
18	0.072	0.653	0.081	0.113	−0.149
20	0.125	0.487	−0.062	0.272	−0.045
12	0.063	0.438	0.207	0.087	−0.045
9	0.203	0.435	0.260	−0.043	−0.192
2	−0.160	−0.002	0.911	−0.030	0.117
1	−0.017	−0.099	0.758	0.076	0.080
3	−0.033	0.028	0.757	0.042	0.065
4	0.202	0.087	0.630	0.034	−0.154
23	−0.084	−0.089	0.034	0.870	0.136
24	0.069	0.094	0.040	0.756	−0.043
22	0.029	0.087	0.070	0.658	0.015
27	−0.025	−0.077	0.065	0.047	0.887
31	0.205	0.124	−0.028	0.099	0.596
26	0.200	0.013	0.096	0.023	0.497
Factor correlation coefficients		(r)
Factor I	1.00
Factor II	0.562	1.00
Factor III	0.442	0.672	1.00
Factor IV	0.533	0.659	0.569	1.00
Factor V	0.595	0.507	0.367	0.464	1.00