Table 2.
Background and Symptoms Among Groups
Group 1, Low Insight/Mild Stigma (n = 23) | Group 2, High Insight/Minimal Stigma (n = 25) | Group 3, High Insight/F = Moderate Stigma (n = 27) | ANOVA | Group Comparisons, P < .05 | |
Age | 48.00 (7.65) | 49.60 (6.40) | 47.22 (7.04) | 0.76 | NS |
Education | 12.00 (1.47) | 13.04 (2.25) | 12.63 (2.23) | 1.56 | NS |
Lifetime hospitalizations | 10.35 (9.63) | 7.84 (7.22) | 9.33 (10.27) | 0.19 | NS |
Age of first hospitalization | 23.30 (5.44) | 25.20 (7.03) | 26.78 (10.89) | 0.99 | NS |
Stigma score | 2.19 (0.30) | 1.80 (0.40) | 2.75 (0.54) | 5.93** | 3 > 1 > 2 |
PANSS insight and judgment | 4.83 (0.87) | 2.40 (0.76) | 2.81 (1.11) | 40.08** | 1 > 2, 3 |
PANSS positive | 17.70 (5.01) | 12.92 (4.31) | 17.22 (6.25) | 6.11* | 2 < 1, 3 |
PANSS negative | 19.22 (5.35) | 14.80 (3.89) | 18.15 (5.47) | 5.28* | 2 < 1, 3 |
Note: ANOVA, analysis of variance; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; NS, not significant.
*P < .01; **P < .001.