98 Chapter 4 Supplement 10: Principal components factor loadings of perceived needs for GEM education (n= 157) Item Mean (SD) Factor 1: Needs for education in GEM. Factor 2: Needs for education in the transition and follow-up of older adults. I need more skills to better recognize geriatric problems in older adults. 3.13 (0.84) 0.85 I need more skills to better determine the right diagnostic approach for older adults. 3.27 (0.87) 0.83 I need more skills to better treat older adults. 3.41 (0.83) 0.78 I need more skills to communicate better with older adults. 2.87 (0.97) 0.64 I need more skills to work better with other care providers of older adults (either primary care providers or medical specialists). 3.15 (1.01) 0.84 I need more skills to better determine the right community follow-up for the older adult. 3.39 (0.89) 0.84 I need more knowledge of primary care to better organize the right community follow-up for the older adult. 2.87 (0.97) 0.65 Cronbach’s α 0.81 0.73 Items were rated on a 1–5 scale with 1 labeled ‘strongly disagree’ and 5 labeled ‘strongly agree’. GEM= Geriatric emergency medicine.
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