Exploratory factor structure of the neurological evaluation scale in black africans with first episode schizophrenia

Akin Ojagbemi; Robin Emsley; Oye Gureje

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2015.12.039

Exploratory factor structure of the neurological evaluation scale in black africans with first episode schizophrenia

Data Brief. 2016 Jan 6:6:471-5. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2015.12.039. eCollection 2016 Mar.

Authors

Akin Ojagbemi¹, Robin Emsley², Oye Gureje¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
² Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Heath Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Abstract

While the organization of neurological soft signs (NSS) in schizophrenia into Sensory integration, Motor coordination, and Motor sequencing, is functionally 'meaningful', it has not been confirmed by empirical methods such as factor analysis. Data on the exploratory factor analysis of the Neurological Evaluation scale in Black Africans with first episode schizophrenia are presented in this report. Data on the confirmatory factor structure of NSS in this population as well as their interpretation can be found in the work by Ojagbemi et al. (2015) [7].