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Table 7 Significant differences in BPRS scores in FPSUs with unmet need versus without unmet need score, rated by staff, in CANFOR domains

From: CANFOR Portuguese version: validation study

  

BPRS

CANFOR

Staff´s ratings

Scales

Median (Mean)a

Mann–Whitney Utest

Domains*

0= other score (n)

(range: 1–7)

(n=114)

1=unmet need (n)

  

p value

1. Accommodation

0 (112)

Elated mood

1.00

0.006

 

1 (2)

3.50

6. Physical health

0 (104)

Somatic concern

1.00

0.009

 

1 (10)

3.00

7. Psychotic symptoms

0 (109)

Hallucinations

1.00

<0.001

 

1 (5)

3.00

 

0 (109)

Unusual thought content

1.00

<0.001

 

1 (5)

3.00

 

0 (109)

Bizarre behaviour

1.00 (1.18)

<0.001

 

1 (5)

 

1.00 (2.00)

 
 

0 (109)

Blunted affect

1.00 (1.07)

<0.001

 

1 (5)

 

1.00 (1.31)

 
 

0 (109)

Emotional withdrawal

1.00 (1.08)

0.004

 

1 (5)

 

1.00 (1.15)

 
 

0 (109)

Uncooperativeness

1.00 (1.01)

<0.001

 

1 (5)

 

1.00 (1.23)

 
 

0 (109)

Distractibility

1.00 (1.01)

<0.001

 

1 (5)

 

1.00 (1.23)

 

8. Information about condition and treatment

0 (106)

Hallucinations

1.00 (1.32)

<0.001

1 (8)

1.00 (1.92)

 

0 (106)

Unusual thought content

1.00 (1.14)

<0.001

 

1 (8)

1.00 (1.84)

 

0 (106)

Bizarre behaviour

1.00 (1.11)

<0.001

 

1 (8)

1.00 (1.47)

 

0 (106)

Blunted affect

1.00 (1.08)

0.001

 

1 (8)

1.00 (1.12)

 

0 (106)

Uncooperativeness

1.00 (1.03)

0.001

 

1 (8)

 

1.00 (1.04)

 

9. Psychological distress

0 (59)

Depression

2.00

0.002

 

1 (55)

 

4.00

 
 

0 (59)

Suicidality

1.00

0.007

 

1 (55)

 

2.00

 

10. Safety to self

0 (87)

Depression

3.00

0.003

 

1 (27)

 

4.00

 
 

0 (87)

Suicidality

1.00

<0.001

 

1 (27)

4.00

11. Safety to others

0 (91)

Hostility

1.00

<0.001

 

1 (23)

4.00

 

0 (91)

Tension

1.00

0.001

 

1 (23)

3.00

 

0 (91)

Excitement

1.00 (1.30)

0.007

 

1 (23)

1.00 (1.47)

13. Drugs

0 (84)

Suicidality

1.00

0.001

 

1 (30)

3.50

 

0 (84)

Guilt

2.00

0.007

 

1 (30)

 

3.00

 

17. Child care

0 (80)

Anxiety

3.00 (3.08)

0.003

 

1 (34)

 

3.00 (3.05)

 

22. Social benefits

0 (106)

Disorientation

1.00 (1.00)

<0.001

 

1 (8)

1.00 (1.01)

  1. * Unmet needs scores in 3.Looking after the living environment, 4.Self-care, 5.Daytime activities, 12.Alcohol, 14.Company, 15.Intimate relationships, 16.Sexual expression, 17.Child Care, 18.Basic education, 20.Transport, 21.Money, 22.Treatment, 24.Sexual Offences and 25.Arson domains without high significant associations with BPRS scales (>0.01). Associations between unmet needs scores in 2.Food and 19.Telephone domains and BPRS scales not calculated due to variable constant. a Calculation of the mean whenever median is the same in (0) and (1) scores.