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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Oct 10;16(1):21–30. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31813546f2

TABLE 4.

Simpson-Angus Scale (SAS), Barnes Akathisia Scale (BAS), and Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Scores at Baseline and Endpoint in Phases 1, 2, and 3

Phases 1 and 2: Open-Label (%)
Phase 3: Double-Blind (%)
Citalopram
Monotherapy
Risperidone
Augmentation
Risperidone
Augmentation
Placebo
Augmentation
N 110 93 31 32
SAS
 Baseline 1.2 ± 2.7 0.7 ± 1.3 0.7 ± 1.4 0.1 ± 0.4
 Endpoint 0.7 ± 1.3 0.6 ± 1.3 0.6 ± 1.2 0.1 ± 0.3
t value (df) −2.36 (df = 106) −1.40 (df = 92) −0.57 (df = 28) −0.70 (df = 28)
 p value 0.0201 0.1649 0.5728 0.4892
BAS
 Baseline 0.3 ± 0.8 0.2 ± 0.6 0.1 ± 0.4 0.1 ± 0.3
 Endpoint 0.2 ± 0.6 0.3 ± 0.8 0.1 ± 0.4 0.1 ± 0.4
t value (df) −1.27 (df = 106) 0.33 (df = 92) −0.33 (df = 28) −0.57 (df = 28)
 p value 0.2074 0.7439 0.7452 0.5728
AIMS
 Baseline 0.7 ± 2.4 0.7 ± 2.8 0.6 ± 2.0 0.4 ± 1.8
 Endpoint 0.7 ± 2.6 0.5 ± 1.8 0.3 ± 1.3 0.1 ± 0.4
t value (df) 0.19 (df = 106) −1.37 (df = 92) −1.00 (df = 28) −0.87 (df = 28)
 p value 0.8520 0.1737 0.3259 0.3892

Notes: Data are means ± SD. p Values were calculated from a paired t-test to determine whether the mean change from baseline differs from zero.