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Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 2 Comparison of neuro-cognitive function subtests across inpatient and outpatient groups

From: Cognitive dysfunction among inpatients and outpatients with schizophrenia: relationship to positive and negative symptoms

Variables

Inpatient group (n = 100)

Outpatient group (n = 100)

P value*

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

WAIS

 WAIS—total

89.41 ± 10.46

86.99 ± 10.72

0.108

 WAIS—verbal

95.61 ± 13.22

92.33 ± 11.50

0.063

 WAIS—performance

87.00 ± 12.34

85.74 ± 13.51

0.492

MMSE

21.05 ± 454

21.85 ± 4.57

0.215

WCST

 Category completed

2.21 ± 179

2.75 ± 2.07

0.05

 Total errors

67.35 ± 20.12

61.97 ± 23.65

0.085

 Preservative errors

21.00 ± 15.74

12.54 ± 0.099

0.0921

 Non-preservative errors

46.60 ± 29.67

28.98 ± 1.41

0.160

 Time to complete 1st category

20.21 ± 21.39

20.44 ± 0.585

0.559

PANSS

 Positive symptoms

15.6 ± 5.21

15.74 ± 5.22

0.539

 Negative symptoms

19.18 ± 5.39

19.64 ± 5.19

0.432

 General psychopathology

41.95 ± 12.35

42.58 ± 10.66

0.7

  1. WAIS Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, WCST Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, PANSS Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale
  2. *Independent t test
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