Table 4 Items summary with corresponding factor loadings for constructs selected for the healthy ageing scale
From: A novel explainable machine learning-based healthy ageing scale
Construct | Item | Loading |
|---|---|---|
Conscious health care | How do you strengthen your health and maintain your physical strength? I pay attention to a suitable diet. | 0.292 |
How do you strengthen your health and maintain your physical strength? I regularly exercise in nature (walking, running). | 0.496 | |
How do you strengthen your health and maintain your physical strength? I regularly exercise. | 0.242 | |
How do you strengthen your health and maintain your physical strength? I regularly do sports. | 0.193 | |
How do you strengthen your health and maintain your physical strength? I am gardening. | 0.337 | |
How do you strengthen your health and maintain your physical strength? Regardless of whether I do the above, I don’t consciously care for my health. | -0.428 | |
Self-assessment of physical activity | How many hours did you spend yesterday (a normal working day is meant - if yesterday was a holiday, keep in mind one of the previous working days) sleeping and resting? | -0.399 |
How many hours did you spend yesterday (a normal working day is meant - if yesterday was a holiday, keep in mind one of the previous working days) on movement, recreation, and entertainment? | 0.749 | |
How many hours did you spend sleeping and resting last Sunday? | -0.426 | |
How many hours did you spend on movement, recreation, and entertainment last Sunday? | 0.771 | |
How do you strengthen your health and maintain your physical strength? I regularly exercise in nature (walking, running). | 0.295 | |
How do you strengthen your health and maintain your physical strength? I exercise regularly. | 0.178 | |
How do you strengthen your health and maintain your physical strength? I do sports regularly. | 0.274 | |
Self-assessment of physical activity by organ systems | On the scale, rate your health for the domain of movement. Consider last year as overall and not only current status. | 0.464 |
On the scale, rate your health for the domain of balance. Consider last year as overall and not only current status. | 0.693 | |
Have you ever injured yourself in a fall that left you unable to do your work and regular activities for more than three days? | -0.149 | |
Mental well-being | Rate how often it happens to you that you feel lonely. | 0.630 |
Rate how often it happens to you that you feel anxious. | 0.805 | |
Rate how often it happens to you that you feel restless. | 0.644 | |
Rate how often it happens to you that you feel saddened. | 0.755 | |
On the scale, rate your health for the mental health domain. Consider last year as overall and not only current status. | 0.478 | |
Achieving meaning and satisfaction with life | Today, it is often heard that man also has spiritual needs and spiritual abilities. What is your opinion on this? I believe that man also has spiritual needs and abilities. | 0.959 |
Today it is often heard that man also has spiritual needs and spiritual abilities. What is your opinion on this? I do not deal with whether a person also has spiritual needs and abilities. | -0.941 |