Development and validation of an infectious disease control competency scale for public health professionals

Zhou, Yiguo; Zhang, Wan-Xue; Zhang, Shan-Shan; Huang, Ning-Hua; Zeng, Jing; Yang, Han; Ma, Qin-Yi; Ao, Le; Liu, Ya-Qiong; Du, Juan; Tian, Xiao-Ling; Lu, Qing-Bin; Cui, Fuqiang

doi:10.1186/s41256-024-00381-y

Global Health Research and Policy

Table 5 Confirmatory factor analysis and convergent validity of the scale

From: Development and validation of an infectious disease control competency scale for public health professionals

Primary item	Path	Standardized factor loading	SE	P	CR	AVE
A Knowledge	A1_1 < ---A1	0.859			0.891	0.674
	A1_2 < ---A1	0.865	0.049	< 0.001
	A1_3 < ---A1	0.717	0.045	< 0.001
	A1_4 < ---A1	0.833	0.044	< 0.001
	A2_1 < ---A2	0.751			0.925	0.675
	A2_2 < ---A2	0.866	0.061	< 0.001
	A2_3 < ---A2	0.850	0.064	< 0.001
	A2_4 < ---A2	0.780	0.064	< 0.001
	A2_5 < ---A2	0.860	0.062	< 0.001
	A2_6 < ---A2	0.814	0.065	< 0.001
	A3_1 < ---A3	0.825			0.931	0.729
	A3_2 < ---A3	0.850	0.046	< 0.001
	A3_3 < ---A3	0.891	0.043	< 0.001
	A3_4 < ---A3	0.883	0.044	< 0.001
	A3_5 < ---A3	0.818	0.045	< 0.001
B Practical skills	B1_1 < ---B1	0.775			0.868	0.569
	B1_2 < ---B1	0.697	0.046	< 0.001
	B1_3 < ---B1	0.718	0.045	< 0.001
	B1_4 < ---B1	0.764	0.052	< 0.001
	B1_5 < ---B1	0.813	0.050	< 0.001
	B2_1 < ---B2	0.867			0.943	0.733
	B2_2 < ---B2	0.874	0.039	< 0.001
	B2_3 < ---B2	0.858	0.041	< 0.001
	B2_4 < ---B2	0.852	0.038	< 0.001
	B2_5 < ---B2	0.860	0.036	< 0.001
	B2_6 < ---B2	0.824	0.041	< 0.001
	B3_1 < ---B3	0.907			0.942	0.766
	B3_2 < ---B3	0.872	0.035	< 0.001
	B3_3 < ---B3	0.802	0.035	< 0.001
	B3_4 < ---B3	0.877	0.033	< 0.001
	B3_5 < ---B3	0.913	0.031	< 0.001
	B4_1 < ---B4	0.940			0.913	0.778
	B4_2 < ---B4	0.882	0.033	< 0.001
	B4_3 < ---B4	0.820	0.034	< 0.001
C Leadership	C1_1 < ---C1	0.924			0.942	0.801
	C1_2 < ---C1	0.837	0.033	< 0.001
	C1_3 < ---C1	0.905	0.031	< 0.001
	C1_4 < ---C1	0.912	0.029	< 0.001
	C2_1 < ---C2	0.811			0.932	0.734
	C2_2 < ---C2	0.881	0.049	< 0.001
	C2_3 < ---C2	0.906	0.048	< 0.001
	C2_4 < ---C2	0.885	0.049	< 0.001
	C2_5 < ---C2	0.795	0.049	< 0.001
	C3_1 < ---C3	0.889			0.928	0.811
	C3_2 < ---C3	0.901	0.036	< 0.001
	C3_3 < ---C3	0.912	0.036	< 0.001
	C4_1 < ---C4	0.839			0.926	0.675
	C4_2 < ---C4	0.727	0.055	< 0.001
	C4_3 < ---C4	0.837	0.048	< 0.001
	C4_4 < ---C4	0.850	0.047	< 0.001
	C4_5 < ---C4	0.827	0.044	< 0.001
	C4_6 < ---C4	0.844	0.049	< 0.001
	C5_1 < ---C5	0.902			0.934	0.825
	C5_2 < ---C5	0.910	0.034	< 0.001
	C5_3 < ---C5	0.913	0.033	< 0.001
D Personal quality	D1_1 < ---D1	0.977			0.877	0.783
	D1_2 < ---D1	0.782	0.058	< 0.001
	D2_1 < ---D2	0.630			0.899	0.564
	D2_2 < ---D2	0.722	0.076	< 0.001
	D2_3 < ---D2	0.732	0.067	< 0.001
	D2_4 < ---D2	0.818	0.067	< 0.001
	D2_5 < ---D2	0.793	0.071	< 0.001
	D2_6 < ---D2	0.866	0.070	< 0.001
	D2_7 < ---D2	0.666	0.079	< 0.001

SE standard deviation, CR composite reliability, AVE average variance extracted

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