Table 14 Exploratory factor analysis
From: The GAIRS Checklist: a useful global assessment tool in patients with Rett syndrome
GAIRS skills | Components 1 | Components 2 |
|---|---|---|
Spontaneous eye contact | .599 | − .128 |
Eye contact on request | .655 | − .150 |
Looking at objects | .705 | − .025 |
Tracking objects and faces | .707 | − .052 |
Functional gestures | .752 | − .090 |
Cooperation with simple spoken requests | .631 | .085 |
Sitting long enough to complete a task | .568 | − .140 |
Object permanence | .637 | .282 |
Be able to wait for their turn before starting an activity | .700 | .266 |
Be able to communicate basic needs | .599 | − .128 |
Selective attention | .669 | .237 |
Types and intensity of stereotypes | .452 | .123 |
Lateralization | .571 | .123 |
Temporal orientation | .745 | .269 |
Spatial orientation | .746 | .340 |
Memory span | .700 | .388 |
Logical sequences | .683 | .318 |
Categorization | .706 | .390 |
Object recognition | .638 | .166 |
Color discrimination | .641 | .335 |
Geometric form discrimination | .640 | .406 |
Measure concepts | .612 | .479 |
Spatial concepts | .679 | .474 |
Human body discriminations | .715 | .474 |
Time concepts | .727 | .456 |
Cause-effect relationship | .732 | .401 |
Expressing a basic need at a corporal level | .618 | .177 |
Recognizing and expressing a basic need through pictures | .639 | .291 |
Understanding the biunivocal relation between the corpora | .652 | .337 |
Recognizing and expressing a basic need through word | .674 | .386 |
Understanding the biunivocal relation of a basic need between a picture and the word | .577 | .485 |
Verbal comprehension | .712 | .257 |
Verbal production | .605 | − .105 |
Identify emotions | .645 | .454 |
Express emotions | .733 | .059 |
Musculoskeletal alterations | .512 | − .584 |
Hand–eye coordination during motor tasks | .594 | − .490 |
Lateralization | .605 | − .338 |
Reaching movement | .718 | − .456 |
Touching ability | .697 | − .434 |
Grasping ability | .730 | − .380 |
Releasing movement | .729 | − .262 |
Repositioning movement | .717 | − .223 |
Bimanual coordination | .774 | − .177 |
Ability to push and pull an object | .707 | − .333 |
Grasping of pencil | .760 | − .290 |
Drawing patterns | .682 | − .274 |
Use of school tools | .789 | .037 |
Standing | .685 | − .317 |
Sitting | .672 | − .410 |
Parachute reactions | .724 | − .417 |
Rolling supine—on one side | .743 | − .401 |
Rolling supine—prone | .764 | − .336 |
Supine—to seated on the floor | .799 | − .332 |
Seated on the floor—to standing | .799 | − .361 |
Seated on a chair—to standing | .781 | − .321 |
Standing—to seated on the floor | .785 | − .336 |
Standing—to seated on a chair | .712 | − .391 |
Walking | .726 | − .318 |
Body spatial orientation in standing | .733 | − .315 |
Stepping | .698 | − .269 |
Running | .766 | − .270 |
Climbing upstairs | .768 | − .257 |
Descending stairs | .545 | .096 |
Jumping | .705 | − .007 |
Picking up an object from the ground (small ball) | .766 | − .186 |
Playing with a ball | .685 | − .475 |
Walking on a slope | .685 | − .317 |
Eating | .804 | − .130 |
Drinking | .816 | − .129 |
Coughing or difficulty breathing during meal | .629 | − .150 |
Type of textures he usually eats | .686 | − .268 |
Washing | .714 | − .145 |
Dressing | .677 | − .134 |
Playing area | .600 | − .235 |
Socialization area | .676 | − .264 |
Advanced autonomy area | .610 | − .236 |
Global words recognition | .564 | .627 |
Syllables recognition | .473 | .615 |
Recompleting words through syllables | .509 | .599 |
Alphabetic symbols recognition | .540 | .575 |
Recompleting words with alphabetic symbols | .557 | .600 |
Recognition of words representing actions | .537 | .576 |
Using words to communicate | .574 | .644 |
Math pre-requisite concepts | .523 | .563 |
Recognition of numbers | .588 | .601 |
Biunivocal relation between number and quantity | .564 | .627 |