Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Characteristics | M (SD) |
|---|---|
| Gender (female) (%) | 33.6 |
| Age (years) | 35.6 (15.5) |
| Ethnicity (%) | |
| Aymara | 46.2 |
| Non-Aymara | 53.8 |
| Educational level (≥12 years) (%) | 15.8 |
| Marital status (%) | |
| Single | 93.6 |
| Couple | 6.4 |
| Employment status (%) | |
| Unemployed | 68.8 |
| Employed | 31.2 |
| Monthly family income (USD dollars) | 417.6 (429.4) |
| Age at onset of the disorder (years) | 20.9 (6.5) |
| PANSS | |
| Positive factor | 8.3 (4.6) |
| Negative factor | 18.6 (8.4) |
| Cognitive factor | 7.3 (4.0) |
| Depressive factor | 6.4 (3.7) |
| Excitement factor | 11.5 (5.9) |
| PANSS Total | 71.3 (28.2) |
| SUMD | 7.1 (4.4) |
| Number of hospitalizations in the last 3 years | 1.2 (1.5) |
| Type of mental health treatment (%) | |
| Only pharmacological | 87.7 |
| Pharmacological + psychotherapy | 12.3 |
| SAS | 1.9 (2.5) |
| BAS | 0.9 (2.0) |
| DAI | 3.0 (4.8) |
Notes: M (SD): mean (standard deviation); (%): effective (percentage). PANSS severity – PANSS total score of 58= mildly ill, 75= moderately ill, 95= markedly ill, and 116= severely ill; SUMD – the higher the score, the lower the insight; SAS – the higher the score, the higher the pseudoparkinsonism; BAS – the higher the score, the higher the akathisia; DAI – the higher the score, the better the attitude toward medication.
Abbreviations: BAS, Barnes akathisia scale; DAI, drug attitude inventory; PANSS, positive and negative syndrome scale for schizophrenia; SAS, Simpson–Angus extrapyramidal side effect scale; SUMD, scale to assess unawareness in mental disorder.