Table 2.
Principal components analysis
| Meana (s.d.) |
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| Depression n = 35 |
BPD n = 38 |
Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | Uniqueness | |
| Factor 1 (eigenvalue 10.42) | |||||||
| Poses difficult management problem | 3.25 (1.18) | 4.20 (1.30) | 0.5955 | 0.0826 | 0.0343 | 0.1059 | 0.6261 |
| Unlikely to improve | 2.17 (0.94) | 3.64 (1.48) | 0.6828 | 0.2932 | −0.0333 | −0.4351 | 0.2574 |
| Cause of debts under patient's control | 3.67 (1.22) | 3.28 (1.31) | 0.6678 | 0.2539 | 0.1938 | 0.2264 | 0.4007 |
| No mental illness | 2.53 (1.38) | 3.00 (1.57) | 0.7153 | 0.2039 | −0.041 | −0.3236 | 0.3403 |
| Case does not merit NHS time | 2.64 (1.15) | 2.97 (1.06) | 0.6820 | −0.2883 | 0.0797 | 0.1921 | 0.4085 |
| Unlikely to complete treatment | 2.67 (1.15) | 3.95 (1.23) | 0.7376 | 0.1704 | −0.1875 | −0.3877 | 0.2414 |
| Unlikely to comply with advice and treatment |
2.89 (0.95) | 3.56 (1.27) | 0.8410 | 0.1506 | −0.0388 | −0.2516 | 0.2052 |
| Suicidal urges under patient's control | 2.91 (1.00) | 2.64 (1.40) | 0.8697 | 0.0496 | −0.1665 | −0.0827 | 0.2066 |
| Likely to become dependent on one | 4.08 (1.11) | 4.72 (0.79) | 0.7435 | −0.3069 | 0.2593 | 0.0553 | 0.2827 |
| Condition not severe | 3.25 (0.94) | 3.54 (0.91) | 0.8259 | −0.3129 | −0.1401 | 0.1625 | 0.1740 |
| Admission not indicated | 3.25 (1.50) | 3.55 (1.40) | 0.9096 | 0.0398 | −0.1405 | −0.0416 | 0.1496 |
| Not a suicide risk | 2.56 (0.99) | 3.00 (0.99) | 0.8246 | −0.0480 | −0.1447 | 0.2903 | 0.2126 |
| Does not require sickness certificate | 2.42 (1.59) | 3.08 (1.51) | 0.8481 | −0.2232 | 0.0573 | 0.1831 | 0.1942 |
| Dependent on BZs | 3.29 (1.18) | 3.08 (1.23) | 0.8432 | −0.2268 | −0.0802 | 0.0578 | 0.2279 |
| Psychotherapy referral not indicated | 1.91 (1.16) | 1.95 (1.11) | 0.9452 | −0.0484 | −0.0436 | 0.0273 | 0.1017 |
| Antidepressants not indicated | 1.83 (1.16) | 3.47 (1.59) | 0.8676 | −0.2914 | −0.0017 | 0.1573 | 0.1377 |
| Factor 2 (eigenvalue 1.68) | |||||||
| Manipulating admission | 2.91 (0.95) | 2.68 (1.32) | −0.0609 | 0.6055 | 0.208 | 0.2771 | 0.5095 |
| Unlikely to arouse sympathy | 2.46 (1.09) | 3.08 (1.36) | 0.1055 | 0.6853 | −0.1458 | 0.3179 | 0.3969 |
| Would not like to have in one's clinic | 2.86 (1.40) | 3.36 (1.55) | 0.3862 | 0.4406 | 0.1868 | 0.0396 | 0.6203 |
| Factor 3 (eigenvalue 1.00) | |||||||
| Taking an overdose would be attention seeking |
2.97 (1.03) | 3.64 (1.35) | 0.2184 | 0.4940 | −0.6602 | 0.1606 | 0.2466 |
| Should be discharged from out-patient follow-up |
1.61 (1.10) | 1.82 (0.93) | 0.3843 | 0.3520 | 0.6137 | 0.0264 | 0.3511 |
| Likely to annoy | 3.11 (1.28) | 3.64 (1.48) | 0.4816 | 0.1173 | 0.5391 | −0.1399 | 0.4441 |
BPD, borderline personality disorder; BZ, benzodiazepine; NHS, National Health Service.
a.
Means: higher values indicate greater agreement with statement; there was a 6-point scale between the two statements of the semantic differential.