Table 1.

Demographic, Cognitive, and Clinical Characteristics of the Subject Groups

	Routine (N = 29)	Multimedia (N = 31)	df	t test/Fisher Exact P Value
Healthy Comparison Subjects
Age (y)	54.2 (9.3)	54.7 (7.3)	53.2	0.820
Education (y)	14.3 (2.3)	14.1 (1.8)	52.7	0.689
Gender (% women)	48	55		0.796
Ethnic background				0.903
% Caucasian	83	74
% African American	3	6
% Latino	7	6
% Other	7	13
Age of onset of schizophrenia (y)	N/A	N/A
RBANS total score	94.8 (11.8)	98.0 (14.3)	57.2	0.326
PANSS
Overall total (N = 29,30)	35.8 (3.9)	36.7 (5.7)	51.8	0.478
Positive total	8.4 (1.5)	8.6 (2.0)	54.5	0.717
Negative total	8.4 (1.5)	8.6 (2.0)	54.2	0.798
General total	18.9 (2.4)	19.4 (3.3)	54.0	0.514
HAM-D Total	3.9 (3.6)	3.7 (3.7)	57.9	0.871
Schizophrenia patients
Age (y)	51.2 (6.5)	52.40 (8.0)	117.8	0.370
Education (y)	12.2 (1.9)	12.4 (2.1)	122.1	0.556
Gender (% women)	36	35		1.000
Ethnic background				0.954
% Caucasian	61	65
% African American	18	16
% Latino	11	11
% Other	11	8
Age of onset of schizophrenia (y) (N = 60, 58)	27.0 (9.8)	27.7 (13.2)	104.9	0.748
RBANS total score index (N = 63, 60)	74.7 (14.7)	77.4 (13.4)	120.8	0.289
PANSS (N = 65, 62)
Overall total	60.0 (16.6)	59.0 (14.5)	123.9	0.723
Positive total	15.7 (6.5)	16.1 (6.0)	124.9	0.694
Negative total	15.7 (4.8)	14.6 (4.0)	122.6	0.172
General psychopathology total	28.7 (8.6)	284 (7.2)	123.1	0.811
HAM-D total (N = 65, 61)	9.6 (6.2)	10.1 (5.9)	124.0	0.654

Note: Values above represent means (and SD), unless otherwise indicated. N/A, not applicable; RBANS, Repeatable Battery for Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; HAM-D, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale