Table 2.

Paired attitude item results: Admission versus discharge (N = 64).

Item	Adm mean (SD)	Dis mean (SD)	Mean change	Adm % agree	Dis % agree	Δ % agree	p-value
2. Other patients had a positive impact on my care	3.38 (1.05)	4.08 (0.95)	+0.70	40.6	73.4	+32.8	< 0.001
3. Group therapy was beneficial to my treatment	3.52 (1.38)	3.88 (1.10)	+0.36	59.4	70.3	+10.9	0.111
4. Staff treated me with respect and dignity	4.08 (0.97)	4.45 (0.92)	+0.37	73.4	90.6	+17.2	0.005
5. I was included in treatment decisions	4.25 (0.86)	4.38 (0.96)	+0.13	85.9	87.5	+1.6	0.090
6. I had enough contact with family and friends	4.06 (1.09)	4.55 (0.82)	+0.49	76.6	90.6	+14.0	0.002
7. Admission was positive for my job or studies	3.45 (1.21)	3.84 (1.13)	+0.39	48.4	67.2	+18.8	0.012
8. I worried about what people would think of me †	3.70 (1.38)	2.92 (1.22)	−0.78	65.6	39.1	−26.5	< 0.001
9. Being admitted was beneficial to my health	4.14 (0.85)	4.50 (0.63)	+0.36	79.7	92.2	+12.5	0.003
10. I know my psychiatric diagnosis	3.95 (1.05)	4.58 (0.65)	+0.63	65.6	90.6	+25.0	< 0.001
11. I understand my prescribed treatment	3.48 (1.11)	4.33 (0.83)	+0.85	53.1	85.9	+32.8	< 0.001

†Item 8 is the primary stigma item. Higher scores indicate greater stigma worry; a decrease is the favorable direction for this item only.

Item 5 had a ceiling effect at admission, with 85.9% already agreeing.

Item 2 had n = 63 and Item 7 had n = 62; all other paired item analyses had n = 64.

Agree = responses 4–5 on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 = completely disagree to 5 = completely agree.

Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were used.

Values in bold are statistically significant.