QUALID items

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Correlationsa

Item 6. Verbalizations suggest discomfort

0.837

0.124

0.124

0.550

Item 5. Appears physically uncomfortable

0.767

0.084

0.084

0.502

Item 4. Facial expression of discomfort

0.763

-0.093

0.174

0.586

Item 11. Appears calm and comfortable

0.567

0.124

0.297

0.619

Item 3. Cries

0.503

-0.225

0.183

0.316

Item 9. Enjoys touching/being touched

-0.163

0.891

0.302

0.375

Item 10. Enjoys interacting with others

0.027

0.886

-0.176

0.240

Item 1. Smiles

0.209

0.774

-0.187

0.308

Item 2. Appears sad

0.055

-0.187

0.768

0.299

Item 7. Is irritable or aggressive

0.055

-0.098

0.683

0.358

Item 8. Enjoys eating

-0.036

0.385

0.672

0.485

Cronbach’s a coefficient

0.770

0.832

0.490

Explained variance (%)

30.4

22.3

9.6

Values in bold and cursive indicate that the QUALID item is included into factor
aCorrelation coefficient between items and total score (corrected for overlap)
Table 1: QUALID PCA results.
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