From: Symptom remission and functional outcome in an Egyptian sample of patients with schizophrenia
Symptomatic remitters (n = 35) | Symptomatic non-remitters (n = 58) | P value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Age | 35.9 | 7.97 | 35.4 | 9.4 | 0.8 | |
Age of illness onset | 24.6 | 5.4 | 23.6 | 5.9 | 0.4 | |
Duration of illness | 11.3 | 6.2 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 0.7 | |
Total PANSS | 44.5 | 7.3 | 72.5 | 20.4 | < 0.001** | |
PANSS total positive | 9.2 | 1.8 | 17.9 | 7.1 | < 0.001** | |
PANSS total negative | 11.7 | 2.6 | 20.6 | 7.2 | < 0.001** | |
Composite | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.01* | |
Somatic concern G1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
Anxiety G2 | 1.7 | 0.96 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Guilt feeling G3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | |
Tension G4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |
Depression G6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.99 | |
Lack of judgment | 2.1 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 1.3 | < 0.001** | |
Gender | Male | 23 | 34 | 44 | 66 | 0.29 |
Female | 12 | 46 | 14 | 54 | ||
Education | Illiterate | 5 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 0.2 |
Primary school | 7 | 20 | 10 | 17 | ||
Technical | 14 | 40 | 20 | 35 | ||
Secondary | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ||
University | 5 | 14 | 18 | 31 | ||
Residence | Urban | 28 | 80 | 38 | 65 | 0.1 |
Rural | 7 | 20 | 20 | 35 | ||
Marital status | Single | 17 | 49 | 36 | 62 | 0.4 |
Married | 14 | 40 | 16 | 28 | ||
Sep./div. | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | ||
Occupation | Employed | 17 | 48.5 | 14 | 24 | < 0.001** |
Unemployed | 7 | 20 | 37 | 64 | ||
Student | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.4 | ||
Housewife | 10 | 28.5 | 5 | 8.5 | ||
Substance use | Yes | 8 | 23 | 20 | 35 | 0.2 |
No | 27 | 77 | 38 | 65 | ||
DUP | Less than 3 months | 20 | 57 | 19 | 33 | 0.02* |
More than 3 months | 15 | 43 | 39 | 67 | ||
FH PI | Yes | 15 | 43 | 19 | 33 | 0.3 |
No | 20 | 57 | 39 | 67 |