Statistical Analysis
The relationship between parameters was
analyzed using appropriate statistical
analysis in Statistical Package for Social
Study (SPSS) version 16.0. The
improvements in Schedule of Assessment of
Insight (SAI) score was analysed using
Paired T test. The relationship between the
variables and improvement in SAI scores
were analysed using Independent T test.
Factors that were significant were further
analysed using multiple linear regression
analysis.
Result
Table 1 shows the sociodemographic factors
of patients. About two third of them were
male with majority Malays followed by
Chinese and Indian. Most patients with
schizophrenia were not married and attained
secondary level of education. Slightly more
than half were employed prior to admission
to the hospital.
Table 2 shows the clinical characteristics of
the patients. Majority of the patients had
their first onset of illness between during
their most productive years (age 20-30). The
mean duration of illness was more than 10
years with about two third of them had
history of recurrent admissions.
The mean pre-psychoeducation SAI scores
were 3.40 (s.d. 1.53) and the mean postpsychoeducation
SAI scores were 6.34 (s.d.
1.89). There was improvement in SAI score
post psychoeducation with the mean
improvement of 2.94 (s.d. 1.43). The
improvement in SAI score was statistically
significant (p