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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2008 Oct 15;22(6):334–343. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2007.11.002

Table 1.

Descriptors of Dependent and Independent Variables including analysis, sample size, ranges, means, medians and standard deviations.

Quality of Life Analysis N Range Mean Median SD

Schedule for Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life – Direct Weighting (SEIQoL-DW): SEIQoL-DW Index
Possible range: 0-480
Data are skewed (4.117)
83 1.93-228.46 67.229 65.812 42.44
Each cue is rated: possible range 0-100
Each cue is weighted by manipulating a pie-shaped wheel with 5 wedges which totals 100%. Transformed (Sq Rt)
SEIQoL-DW Index
Possible range: 0-22
Data not skewed (0.186)
1.39- 15.11 7.770 8.113 2.64
For each cue, weight × rate = cue score.
Sum of 5 cue scores/ 100 = SEIQoL_DW Index.

Medication Adherence Attitudes Analysis N Range Mean Median SD

Rating of Medication Influences (ROMI): ROMI Index 63 0 – 48 34.33 33.00 5.09
ROMI Index = sum of 16 individual scores.
Higher scores = good attitude; Two subscales created:
lower scores = worse attitude. A. Compliance factors 64 0 – 27 6.65 6.42 1.13
All questions recoded to exclude NA, RF, DK B. Non-compliance factors 66 0 - 33 10.75 10.63 1.67

Medication Adherence Behavior N Percentages

Schizophrenia Outcomes Module (SCHIZOM) Medication Use Questionnaire: 84 SCHIZOM_ One-Mo:
Dichotomous variables created  Never missed 45 (53.6%)
Never Missed taking meds = 1  Missed 39 (46.4%)
Missed = 0 SCHIZOM_ Six-Mo:
 Never Missed 24 (28.6%)
 Missed 60 (71.4%)

Preferences & Participation N Percentages

Control Preference Scale/ Preferences: Preferences for client-professional interaction. Categorical variable where participant selects one of three categories. 83 Active 9 (11%)
Collaborative 68 (82%)
Passive 6 (7%)
Vectors created with “collaborative” as the referent group.

Control Preference Scale/ Participation: Participation in the client-professional interaction. Categorical variable where participant selects one of three categories. 83 Active 8 (10%)
Collaborative 58 (70%)
Passive 17 (20%)
Vectors created with “collaborative” as the referent group.

Control Preference Scale/ Preference - Participation Agreement: Difference between preference scores and participation scores: Recoded as 1= agreement; 2= disagreement 83 Disagreement 26 (31%)
Agreement 57 (68%)