Table 5.
Outcome: Social Disability, Psychological Impairment and General Functioning at Follow-up (Only Patients With Pure Delusional Disorder [DD] Confirmed at Follow-up)
Pure DD n = 26 | Paranoid Schizophrenia n = 38a | Pb | |
Disability Assessment Schedule Global Scorec (mean, SD) | 1.04 (0.99) | 2.18 (1.63) | .002 |
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale | |||
Positive symptomsc (mean, SD) | 11.0 (3.2) | 11.2 (6.3) | .897 |
Negative symptomsc (mean, SD) | 8.6 (3.1) | 18.6 (8.9) | <.001 |
General symptomsc (mean, SD) | 21.6 (4.5) | 27.2 (9.1) | .006 |
Total scorec (mean, SD) | 41.2 (8.5) | 56.9 (21.3) | .001 |
Global Assessment Scored (mean, SD) | 62.7 (16.5) | 60.0 (22.4) | .608 |
Global Assessment of Functioning Scale > 70 (n, %) | 8 (30.8) | 15 (39.5) | .476e |
For Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), n = 27 due to missing data.
t test if not otherwise indicated.
Possible scores range from 0 to 5, higher scores indicate higher deficit.
Possible scores range from 0 to 100, higher scores indicate better functioning.
χ2 test.