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Table 3 Dimension characteristics of the SUMD

From: Psychometric properties of the abbreviated version of the Scale to Assess Unawareness in Mental Disorder in schizophrenia

Dimension/index (number of items)

M (SD)

Missing values %

Item-internal consistency (min-max)

Item discriminant validity (min-max)

Floor %

Ceiling %

Alpha*

INFIT** (min-max)

Model 1 scoring: ‘not applicable’ = ‘0’

Awareness of disease (3)

55.3 (22.1)

0.13

0.81–0.90

0.32–0.44

4.5

17.1

0.83

0.86–1.15

Awareness of positive symptoms (3)

47.2 (27.2)

0.70

0.79–0.85

0.37–0.48

22.3

15.3

0.76

0.88–1.09

Awareness of negative symptoms (3)

47.5 (25.4)

0.53

0.81–0.87

0.31–0.44

16.8

11.3

0.80

0.87–1.12

Index (9)

50.0 (20.0)

0.45

NA***

NA***

NA***

NA***

0.85

NA***

Model 2 scoring: ‘not applicable’ = missing data

Awareness of disease (3)

56.20 (22.0)

1.6

0.82–0.93

0.43–0.70

48.2

17.1

0.87

0.73–1.39

Awareness of positive symptoms (3)

59.83 (19.6)

23.0

0.82–0.88

0.52–0.68

28.5

15.3

0.82

0.93–1.10

Awareness of negative symptoms (3)

57.45 (19.4)

15.5

0.85-0.90

0.43–0.67

35.2

11.4

0.85

0.81–1.14

Index (9)

57.83 (17.8)

13.4

NA***

NA***

NA***

NA***

0.85

NA***

  1. *Cronbach’s Alpha, **Rasch’s statistics, ***NA Not Applicable.
  2. M (SD) mean (standard deviation); a higher score represents a higher level of unawareness.