Development and psychometric properties of a friendly dietary function assessment scale for home-dwelling people with dementia

Table 4 SFL, R², and SE of the DFAS

Dimension		Items	SFL(t)	SE	R²
Self-eating ability	1	Decides that they need to eat	0.77(7.84)	0.38	0.59
	3	Eats an appropriate amount at meals	0.33(2.95)	0.43	0.11
	2	Chooses appropriate utensils when eating	0.68(6.72)	0.38	0.46
	8	Decides to prepare a light meal or snack for self	0.50(6.07)	0.43	0.24
Dietary executive function	4	Uses a spoon to eat	0.60(5.85)	0.41	0.36
	5	Need to have foods cut into small pieces	0.62(6.07)	0.43	0.38
	7	Relies on others to be fed	0.85(8.92)	0.33	0.71

Notes. N = 95 (Sample 2). SFL = standardised factor loadings; SE = standardised error; R² = squared multiple correlation

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