Table 2. Comparison of assertiveness scores based on background factors.
| Users (n = 366) | Patients (n = 78) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assertiveness score | Assertiveness score | ||||||
| n | Mean ± SD | n | Mean ± SD | ||||
| Sex | Male | 238 | –6.5 ± 19.5 | 43 | –19.7 ± 23.9 | ||
| Female | 128 | –8.0 ± 21.7 | 35 | –14.5 ± 19.4 | |||
| Use of public transport | Yes | 213 | –6.9 ± 21.1 | 25 | –9.8 ± 22.5 | * | |
| No | 153 | –7.3 ± 19.1 | 53 | –20.9 ± 20.9 | |||
| Living with someone else | Yes | 243 | –8.5 ± 20.1 | 57 | –17.8 ± 22.1 | ||
| No | 123 | –4.2 ± 20.4 | 21 | 16.0 ± 21.8 | |||
| Person who does most of the laundry | Self | 248 | –6.0 ± 19.9 | ** | 48 | –17.0 ± 22.4 | |
| Other | 118 | –9.2 ± 20.9 | 30 | –17.9 ± 21.4 | |||
| Person who does most of the cleaning | Self | 226 | –5.4 ± 19.3 | * | 41 | –16.3 ± 19.6 | |
| Other | 140 | –9.7 ± 20.6 | 37 | –18.4 ± 24.4 | |||
| Person who does most of the cooking | Self | 129 | –6.5 ± 19.6 | 31 | –18.2 ± 21.2 | ||
| Other | 237 | –7.4 ± 20.6 | 47 | –16.8 ± 22.5 | |||
| Goals of use | Increase proficiency in daily living | 226 | –6.8 ± 20.2 | - | |||
| Without that goal | 140 | –7.4 ± 20.5 | |||||
| Get along well with others | 189 | –8.6 ± 21.0 | - | ||||
| Without that goal | 177 | –5.3 ± 19.3 | |||||
| Enjoy daily living | 162 | –6.8 ± 20.5 | - | ||||
| Without that goal | 204 | –7.4 ± 20.0 | |||||
| Have aims and a reason for living | 156 | –6.1 ± 21.0 | - | ||||
| Without that goal | 210 | –7.8 ± 19.7 | |||||
| Control symptoms | 153 | –8.7 ± 20.0 | - | ||||
| Without that goal | 213 | –5.9 ± 20.4 | |||||
| Live true to self | 143 | –5.9 ± 20.4 | - | ||||
| Without that goal | 233 | –7.8 ± 20.2 | |||||
| Find people who can be trusted | 138 | –6.7 ± 20.9 | - | ||||
| Without that goal | 228 | –7.3 ± 19.9 | |||||
SD: standard deviation. Mann–Whitney U test: *P<0.05; **P<0.01.