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. 2013 Mar 1;8(3):e58176. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058176

Table 1. Characteristics of poor and good functional outcome groups at follow-up.

Variables Poor Outcome (n = 40) Good Outcome (n = 53) Statistics
Clinical M SD M SD F p-value Effect Size c
BPRS Depression 13.39 6.0 12.16 3.7 1.40 ns 0.25
BPRS Positive 11.14 5.2 10.45 3.7 0.53 ns 0.16
BPRS Negative 8.44 3.3 7.16 2.9 3.67 ns 0.41
BPRS Mania 9.44 3.1 9.82 4.0 0.23 ns 0.10
Functional
SOFAS 51.99 7.1 71.38 6.9 173.72 a 0.000 2.75
WHOQOL-BREF 47.57 11.8 53.63 8.5 6.65 a 0.012 0.60
WHODAS-II 36.70 19.0 26.69 15.0 5.67 a 0.020 0.59
N % N % χ2 p-value Effect Size d
Employed 6 15.0 30 56.6 16.63 0.000 0.42
Student 17 42.5 31 58.5 2.33 ns 0.16
On a Disability Support Pension 18 45.0 7 13.2 11.72 0.001 0.36
Has a Romantic Partner 7 17.5 23 43.4 7.00 0.008 0.27
Living with Parents or Relative(s) 29 72.5 32 60.4 1.48 ns 0.13
Living with Flatmate(s) 5 12.5 7 13.2 0.01 ns 0.01
Living with Partner 2 5.0 8 15.1 2.42 ns b 0.16
Living Alone 4 10.0 6 11.3 0.04 ns b 0.02

BPRS = Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. SOFAS = Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale. WHOQOL-BREF = World Health Organization Quality of Life (BREF) Scale. WHODAS-II = World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II.

a

Welch’s statistic correcting for homogeneity of variance violation.

b

Fisher’s exact test correcting for cells with n<5.

c

Hedges’ g.

d

Cramer’s V.