Table 4.
Summary of EFA for the adolescent version of the TRAM’s subscales
| Factors | |||
| Internalising symptoms | Externalising symptoms | ||
| Symptoms subscale | |||
| Anxiety | 0.896 | −0.222 | |
| Depression | 0.794 | 0.020 | |
| Borderline personality | 0.482 | 0.334 | |
| Post-traumatic stress | 0.358 | 0.197 | |
| Social communication difficulties | 0.356 | 0.196 | |
| Eating difficulties | 0.313 | 0.086 | |
| Other mental health | 0.186 | 0.107 | |
| Antisocial behaviour | −0.083 | 0.585 | |
| Mania | −0.019 | 0.570 | |
| Attention deficit | 0.139 | 0.380 | |
| Psychosis | 0.282 | 0.366 | |
| Relationships | Activities of daily living | ||
| Overall disruption subscale | |||
| Relationships with friends | 0.903 | −0.088 | |
| Relationships with peers/colleagues | 0.845 | −0.082 | |
| Social | 0.550 | 0.199 | |
| Relationships with family | 0.455 | 0.124 | |
| Education work performance | 0.406 | 0.256 | |
| Sleep | 0.360 | 0.244 | |
| Household chores | 0.017 | 0.721 | |
| Self-care | −0.059 | 0.708 | |
| Responsibility | 0.048 | 0.678 | |
| Community | 0.252 | 0.432 | |
| Patient factors | Family support | Treatment | |
| Barriers to functioning subscale | |||
| Knowledge of accessing service | 0.636 | −0.103 | −0.053 |
| Ability to act as independent | 0.591 | −0.232 | 0.031 |
| Understanding of mental health | 0.496 | 0.055 | −0.061 |
| Adolescent built trusting relationship | 0.420 | 0.225 | 0.011 |
| Ability to repeat history | 0.413 | 0.230 | −0.087 |
| Adolescent wants parent carer | −0.078 | 0.691 | −0.100 |
| Presence of support | 0.031 | 0.527 | 0.141 |
| Taking medication as prescribed | −0.149 | −0.052 | 0.529 |
| Motivation to manage condition | 0.172 | 0.081 | 0.496 |
| Internal risk | External risk | ||
| Risk factors subscale | |||
| Suicidal thoughts behaviours | 0.848 | 0.001 | |
| Self-harming behaviours | 0.788 | −0.056 | |
| Stress | 0.397 | 0.130 | |
| Risk to others | −0.073 | 0.649 | |
| Risk to self | 0.145 | 0.529 | |
| Risk from others | 0.234 | 0.269 | |
| Relapse of illness factor | Somatic illness factor | ||
| Factors affecting symptoms subscale | |||
| Inpatient hospital stays | 0.594 | −0.088 | |
| Service use in times of crisis | 0.569 | −0.037 | |
| Relapse likelihood | 0.477 | 0.145 | |
| Ongoing treatment need | 0.365 | 0.146 | |
| Drug alcohol misuse | 0.363 | −0.110 | |
| Presence of side effects | −0.041 | 0.461 | |
| Medical comorbidity | −0.039 | 0.335 | |
The values in bold represent the highest loading in a factor for each item of the subscale. The threshold of acceptance was set at >0.150.
EFA, exploratory factor analysis; TRAM, Transition Readiness and Appropriateness Measure.