J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  1997 Sep;36(5):896-901.

Factor Analysis of K-WAIS in a Sample of Patients with Organic Mental Disorder due to Head Trauma

• Oh SW
• Kim HG
• Kang JK

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the K-WAIS.
METHODS
The sample was consisted of 138 patients with organic mental disorder due to head trauma. A principal component analysis was used worth varimax rotation.
RESULTS
Two factors in a sample patients with organic mental disorder due to head trauma were abstracted from the K-WAIS by factor analysis. Variance of the two factors was 73.3%. And variance of factor 1 (verbal comprehension) factor 2 (perceptual organization) were 62.0% and 11.7%, respectively.
CONCLUSION
Two factors in a sample patients with organic mental disorder due to head trauma were abstracted from the K-WAIS using the principal component analysis by varimax rotation.

Keyword

K-WAIS; Factor analysis; Organic mental disorder

MeSH Terms

Craniocerebral Trauma*
Neurocognitive Disorders*
Factor Analysis, Statistical*
Head*
Humans
Principal Component Analysis