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Table 3 Background characteristics

From: Medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia: a qualitative study of the patient process in motivational interviewing

 

Number (%) n = 14

Gender: male

10 (71%)

Age: mean (range)

35.5 (23–48)

 21–30

4 (28.5%)

 31–40

6 (43%)

 41–50

4 (28.5%)

Ethnicity

 Dutch

6 (43%)

 Surinamese

4 (28.5%)

 African

3 (21.5%)

 Asian

1 (7%)

Native language is Dutch

 Yes

9

 No

5

 Highest education

 primary education or less

2 (14%)

 secondary education

10 (71%)

 tertiary/further education

2 (14%)

Duration of illness: mean in years (range)

6,9 (1–23)

Number of prior psychiatric admissions: mean (range)

3,4 (0–8)

Diagnosis (subtype schizophrenia, DSM-IV)

 disorganized type

2

 paranoid type

6

 residual type

1

 undifferentiated type

1

 schizoaffective disorder

4