Exploratory factor analysis and principal component analysis in clinical studies: Which one should you use?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
² College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Discipline of Psychiatry, Concord Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, UK.

Editorial

Mousa Alavi et al. J Adv Nurs. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;76(8):1886-1889.

doi: 10.1111/jan.14377. Epub 2020 May 4.

¹ Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
² College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Discipline of Psychiatry, Concord Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, UK.

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