| AT (n = 65) | TAU (n = 63) | F(1,127) | P | Effect size (Partial η2) |
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Study Outcome | Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | | | |
ITAQ (0 – 33) a
| | | | | | | |
T0 | 13.3 | 3.5 | 14.3 | 5.0 |
10.98
|
0.001
| 0.40 |
T1 | 17.5 | 5.7 | 14.6 | 4.9 |
T2 | 20.9 | 6.1 | 14.2 | 7.5 |
T3 | 24.8 | 5.3 | 15.0 | 8.8 |
SLOF (43–215) | | | | | | | |
T0 | 139.8 | 14.1 | 139.8 | 15.1 |
8.90
|
0.005
| 0.29 |
T1 | 158.0 | 20.8 | 140.8 | 22.0 |
T2 | 177.2 | 22.0 | 130.1 | 24.3 |
T3 | 183.2 | 20.1 | 129.1 | 28.8 |
PANSS (30–210) | | | | | | | |
T0 | 80.6 | 7.5 | 81.6 | 6.9 |
10.10
|
0.003
| 0.32 |
T1 | 74.8 | 7.0 | 86.9 | 8.8 |
T2 | 68.1 | 8.9 | 85.0 | 9.9 |
T3 | 59.0 | 10.1 | 82.8 | 11.6 |
ARS (1 – 5) | | | | | | | |
T0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
9.10
|
0.005
| 0.30 |
T1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
T2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
T3 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
Re-hospitalisation | | | | | | | |
Frequency
b
| | | | | | | |
T0 | 2 c
| (0–3) c
| 2 c
| (0–3) c
| 3.47 d
| 0.092 | |
T1 | 2 | (0–3) | 2 | (0–4) |
T2 | 1 | (0–2) | 2 | (0–3) |
T3 | 1 | (0–2) | 2 | (0–3) |
Duration
e
| | | | | | | |
T0 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 6.1 |
8.80
|
0.005
| 0.28 |
T1 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 9.8 | 6.8 |
T2 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 14.2 | 8.2 |
T3 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 9.9 |
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AT Adherence Therapy, TAU Treatment as Usual or Psychiatric Outpatient Care
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T0 baseline measurement at the start of intervention, T1 2 weeks after intervention, T2 6 months after intervention, T3 18 months after intervention
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ARS Adherence Rating Scale, ITAQ Insight and Treatment Attitude Questionnaire, PANSS Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale SLOF Specific Level of Functioning scale
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a Possible range of scores of each scale indicated in parenthesis
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b Average number of re-admissions to a psychiatric inpatient unit in the previous 4 months at T0-T3
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c Median and range of the frequency of re-hospitalisations
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d H value of Kruskal-Wallis test (df = 3)
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e Duration or length of readmissions to a psychiatric inpatient unit in terms of average number of days of hospital-stay over the previous 4 months at four time points
- The test (Chi-square or t) and p values are in bold if the subject characteristics are significantly different between groups