Validity analysisa. Construct validity: Results of CFA are listed in Tables 7and 8, and show factor loadings of items and goodnessof fit of domains in the final LC-PROM.As the tables show, standard factor loadings of eachitem were above 0.50, except for SOD3; therefore, thegoodness of fit for LC-PROM is satisfactory.b. Discriminant validity: Discriminant validity analysiswas conducted by comparing average scores acrossdifferent domains as well as total scale scores betweenpatients with various disease courses and the healthcontrols