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Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Aug 9;52(6):841–849.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.07.006

Table 3.

Comparison of Family Relationship Index scores across studies investigating cluster solutions.

FRI subscale
Source “Name” Proportion (%) Cohesiveness Mean (SD) Expressiveness Mean (SD) Conflict* Resolution Total FRI
CLUSTER
Nissen et al. Supportive 37 3.84(0.15) 3.13(0.45) 3.33(0.47) 10.3
Ozono et al. 2005 Supportive 34 4.00(0.00) 3.27(0.90) 0.82(0.74) 10.45
Kissane et al. 2003 Intermediate 50 3.66(0.54) 2.45(1.03) 0.70(0.89) 9.41
Schuler et al.2014 Mutually Supportive 50 3.79(0.41) 3.52(0.50) 3.43(0.69) 10.74
Kissane et al.1994 Supportive - 4.00(0.00) 2.64(1.06) 0.00(0.00) 10.64
CLUSTER
Nissen et al. Low-expressive 39 3.30(0.28) 2.75(0.54) 3.35(0.37) 9.4
Ozono et al. 2005 Intermediate 32 2.46(0.79) 2.27(1.34) 0.65(0.61) 8.08
Kissane et al. 2003 Hostile 23 2.71(1.24) 1.35(1.16) 1.65(1.33) 6.41
Schuler et al.2014 Low-communicating 21 3.69(0.46) 1.57(0.62) 3.63(0.48) 8.89
Kissane et al.1994 Ordinary - 3.00(0.00) 1.90(1.07) 0.96(1.13) 7.94
CLUSTER
Nissen et al. Detached 24 2.84(0.55) 2.71(0.58) 2.42(0.64) 7.97
Ozono et al. 2005 Conflictive 34 2.82(1.06) 2.76(1.08) 3.12(0.67) 6.54
Kissane et al. 2003 Sullen 29 3.22(0.80) 1.93(1.14) 1.39(1.12) 7.76
Schuler et al.2014 Conflict resolving 23 3.59(0.49) 2.16(0.95) 1.65(0.55) 7.4
Kissane et al.1994 Resolvers - 4.00(0.00) 2.27(1.11) 1.87(0.83) 8.4
CLUSTER
Nissen et al. -
Ozono et al. 2005 -
Kissane et al. 2003
Schuler et al.2014 Less involved 5 1.91(0.29) 2.07(1.11) 3.03(0.82) 7.01
Kissane et al.1994 Sullen - 1.97(0.19) 1.74(1.13) 1.34(1.26) 6.37
CLUSTER
Nissen et al. -
Ozono et al. 2005 -
Kissane et al. 2003 -
Schuler et al.2014 Hostile 5 1.30(0.29) 1.18(0.97) 1.18(0.75) 3.66
Kissane et al.1994 Hostile - 0.74(0.56) 0.61(0.61) 2.65(1.57) 2.7
*

Ozono et al. 2005, Kissane 2003, Kissane 1994 examines conflict instead of conflict resolution