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. 2010 Nov 15;38(3):561–568. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbq125

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
a

For Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), n = 27 due to missing data.

b

t test if not otherwise indicated.

c

Possible scores range from 0 to 5, higher scores indicate higher deficit.

d

Possible scores range from 0 to 100, higher scores indicate better functioning.

e

χ2 test.