Table 2 Results of exploratory factor analysis of HLS-Child-Q15-TR

… understand when and how you should take your medicine when you are ill?

HLSC_TR5

843

3.14 ± 1.08

0.542

0.398

… understand what your doctor says to you?

HLSC_TR6

843

3.47 ± 0.74

0.583

0.541

… understand what your parents tell you about your health?

HLSC_TR9

843

3.53 ± 0.77

0.600

0.662

… do what your parents tell you to do so that you can get well again?

HLSC_TR12

843

3.52 ± 0.77

0.646

0.651

… take your medicine in the way you’re told to?

HLSC_TR13

843

3.55 ± 0.79

0.573

0.761

… have a healthy diet?

HLSC_TR15

843

3.54 ± 0.75

0.572

0.482

0.432

… find out what you can do so that you don’t get too fat or too thin?

HLSC_TR2

843

3.27 ± 1.06

0.492

0.682

… find out which food is healthy for you?

HLSC_TR4

843

3.58 ± 0.74

0.417

0.634

… understand why you sometimes need to see the doctor even though you are not ill?

HLSC_TR7

843

3.23 ± 1.13

0.653

0.560

… understand why you need vaccinations?

HLSC_TR8

843

3.43 ± 0.98

0.619

0.386

0.511

… judge what helps a lot for you to stay healthy and what does not help much?

HLSC_TR11

843

3.17 ± 1.07

0.623

0.556

… take your medicine in the way you’re told to?

HLSC_TR14

843

3.32 ± 1.09

0.531

0.406

… find out how to recover quickly when you have a cold?

HLSC_TR1

843

2.68 ± 1.24

0.457

0.558

… find out how you can best relax?

HLSC_TR3

843

3.17 ± 1.08

0.443

0.785

… understand why you need to relax sometimes?

HLSC_TR10

843

3.19 ± 1.09

0.535

0.729

Eigenvalue

4.65

4.65

1.23

1.01

Variance explained (%)

31.01

31.01

8.20

6.78

KMO

0.897

x²

2675.79

p

< 0.001

Cronbach alpha

843

49.90 ± 7.98

0.831

690

0.736

0.589

Corrected Item-Total Correlation

0.33-0.56

0.38-0.52

0.33-0.53

0.32-0.47

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.