Table 3

Component loadings for 33 items in a four-component analysis of the 34-item Barriers to Physician Compassion scale in a sample of 372 Filipino physicians

Item		Component
Item		1	2	3	4
1	Feeling burned out	0.805
2	Having a limited time for consultations	0.767
3	Having a large case load of patients	0.839
10	Feeling tired or fatigued	0.717
13	Having too many patients to see in a limited time	0.665
4	Multiple interruptions during the consultations (eg, pages, texts)		0.606
5	Physical environment is not conducive for a consultation (eg, noise)		0.613
6	Culture of defensive medicine		0.647
11	Clinical situation is very complex		0.581
12	Current treatments are not working		0.600
14	Many distractions during your consultation		0.634
15	Concern that patients may complain or sue		0.551	0.522
21	Having too many non-clinical duties (eg, administration, teaching)		0.519
22	Too many people present during your consultations		0.535
23	Too much paperwork and documentation		0.538
7	Prior difficult interactions with the patient's family			0.629
9	Patient is difficult, rude or obnoxious			0.810
16	Interference from family members			0.604
17	Patient is not happy with you			0.783
18	Patient does not follow your recommendations			0.706
24	Family of the patient is not happy with you			0.776
25	Patient has irrational beliefs about his/her condition and treatments			0.595
19	You are tired of practising medicine				0.504
20	You are not sure if the patient will get better				0.620
26	Patient is unkempt and malodorous				0.598
27	Your personal problems				0.626
28	Feeling impatient				0.647
29	Current treatments have caused unexpected adverse effects				0.607
30	Patient comes from a different sociocultural/ ethnic background				0.569
31	You are rushing to see the next patient				0.588
32	Patient is difficult to understand				0.602
33	Patient is in denial regarding their condition				0.583
34	What you are dealing with is beyond your comfort level				0.539

Note: Item 8 (sick of hearing the same problem again and again) did not load on any of the four components and was removed from the analysis.