Table 2.
Belief Flexibility and other clinical and demographic variables associated with outcome by Caregiver group (n = 219)
| Measure n (%) |
Low EE (n = 36) |
High EE (n = 20) |
Unrated (n = 24) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF*** | Inflexible | 6 (17%) | 7 (35%) | 9 (38%) |
| Flexible | 30 (83%) | 13 (65%) | 15 (62%) | |
| Gender | Female | 8 (22%) | 4 (20%) | 8 (33%) |
| Male | 28 (78%) | 16 (80%) | 16 (67%) | |
| Ethnicity* | Other | 2 (6%) | 4 (20%) | 7 (29%) |
| White | 34 (94%) | 16 (80%) | 17 (71%) | |
| Medication level | None | 1 (3%) | 0 | 0 |
| Low | 12 (33%) | 5 (25%) | 10 (42%) | |
| Medium | 14 (39%) | 12 (60%) | 7 (29%) | |
| High | 9 (25%) | 3 (15%) | 7 (29%) | |
| JTC | Yes | 20 (80%) | 8 (67%) | 7 (44%) |
| No | 5 (20%) | 4 (33%) | 9 (56%) | |
| Mean (s.d.) | ||||
| Age* (years) | 38.5 (12.0) | 36.0 (10.5) | 33.0 (7.9) | |
| 1Length of Illness* (years) | 13.2 (11.3) | 10.2 (10.0) | 6.6 (5.3) | |
| PANSS General | 34.9 (5.7) | 36.7 (6.8) | 33.8 (7.2) | |
| PANSS Negative*** | 15.2 (5.0) | 15.6 (6.7) | 11.9 (4.6) | |
| PANSS Positive* | 18.4 (4.4) | 20.1 (4.7) | 18.2 (4.2) | |
| PANSS Total | 68.6 (10.5) | 72.5 (14.5) | 64.0 (12.0) | |
| 1Conviction | 3.3 (0.6) | 3.2 (0.6) | 3.4 (0.6) | |
| Insight mean | 2.5 (1.1) | 2.8 (1.3) | 2.7 (1.3) | |
| 2Quick Test IQ | 87.7 (17.6) | 94.7 (17.5) | 94.2 (13.0) | |
| 3MARS | 2.6 (1.4) | 3.0 (1.1) | 2.6 (1.4) | |
| GARF*** | 63.7 (14.2) | 47.7 (13.1) | 52.2 (13.5) |
n's vary because of non-completion of some measures by participants; 1n's 35,20, 24; 2n's 30, 15, 18; 3n's 34, 19, 23.
KEY: BF = Delusional Belief Flexibility; Medication level (CPZ equivalent) Low = 0–200 mg; Medium = 200–400 mg; High = 400 + mg; JTC = Jumping to conclusions; PANSS = Positive & Negative Syndrome Scale; MARS = Medication Adherence Rating Scale; GARF = Global Assessment of Relational Functioning. *p ≤ 0.05; ***p ≤ 0.001