Association between echinococcosis-specific health literacy and behavioural intention to prevent echinococcosis among herdsmen on the Tibet Plateau in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Results of exploratory factor analysis of ES-HL

	Factor loading	Reliability (Cronbach’s α)	Mean ± SD
Perceived echinococcosis information support		0.880	2.964 ± 0.968
Be able to get advice on echinococcosis control from health professionals	0.664
Be able to get advice on echinococcosis control from family members	0.756
Be able to get advice on echinococcosis control from friends	0.787
Be able to get advice on echinococcosis control from village officials	0.791
Information acquisition and evaluation ability		0.914	2.402 ± 0.954
Be able to find information on echinococcosis control from several different sources	0.814
Be able to find echinococcosis-related information independently	0.825
Be able to analysis/evaluation echinococcosis-related information	0.861
Have enough information to help dealing with the problems about echinococcosis	0.848
Be sure that knowledge about echinococcosis has been mastered	0.811
Be able to discuss echinococcosis with health care provider	0.590
Echinococcosis-specific self-management ability		0.874	3.163 ± 0.848
Be able to give a good description of daily behaviour	0.722
Be able to obtaine information on echinococcosis control by communication with medical and health personnel	0.739
Be able to prevent echinococcosis through active behaviour management	0.757
Participate in screening for echinococcosis actively	0.836
Attend lectures and activities on echinococcosis control actively	0.750

Table legend: Table 2 presents the factor loadings based on EFA, Cronbach’s α, score mean and standard deviation for these factors

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