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Table 4 Construct validity testing: associations between scales and other variables

From: PIPEQ-OS – an instrument for on-site measurements of the experiences of inpatients at psychiatric institutions

 

Structure and facilities

Patient-centred interaction

Outcomes

Married or cohabitating

**

*

*

 No

64.7

56.5

57.6

 Yes

70.0

61.4

63.6

Previous admissions

*

ns

*

 No

69.0

59.9

63.3

 Yes

65.0

57.2

57.7

Voluntary admission

***

***

***

 No

55.0

44.1

43.6

 Yes

68.7

60.9

62.7

Admission perceived as necessary or unnecessary

0.28**

0.19**

0.20**

Perception of treatment coercion

0.44**

0.42**

0.49**

  1. ***p < 0.001**p < 0.01; *p < 0.05; ns, not significant. Pearson’s r for continuous variables.