Original Research

Psychometric evaluation of personal evaluation of transitions in treatment amongst patients with schizophrenia

Oladipo A. Sowunmi, Peter O. Onifade, Oluwatoyin R. Sowunmi
South African Journal of Psychiatry | Vol 27 | a1491 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v27i0.1491 | © 2021 Oladipo A. Sowunmi, Peter O. Onifade, Oluwatoyin R. Sowunmi | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 19 November 2019 | Published: 05 March 2021

About the author(s)

Oladipo A. Sowunmi, Department of Clinical Services, Faculty of Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatric Unit, Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Peter O. Onifade, Department of Clinical Services, Faculty of Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatric Unit, Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Oluwatoyin R. Sowunmi, Department of Clinical Services, Faculty of Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatric Unit, Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria

Abstract

Background: Monitoring the antipsychotic medication adherence of outpatients with schizophrenia has focused majorly on the medication construct of adherence, whilst neglecting its psychosocial construct.

Aim: The aim of this study was to provide the psychometric properties of personal evaluation of transitions in treatment (PETiT).

Setting: This study was conducted at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Methods: This is a study of diagnostic accuracy of patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Calculation of the sample size and oversampling was calculated as proposed by Cochrane.

Results: The Cronbach’s α in this study at baseline was 0.82. Intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.81 (p ≤ 0.001). Medication construct was loaded into two factors or components whilst the psychosocial construct was loaded into four factors.

Conclusion: The data depicted here indicated a successful validation and presentation of psychometric properties of PETiT which is self-administered, user friendly, psychometrically sound and sensitive to changes associated with treatment over time.


Keywords

adherence; schizophrenia; PETiT; validation; Nigeria; Aro

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