Table 2.

Performance on the UCSD Performance-Based Skills Assessment-Brief Version (UPSA-B), Neuropsychological Assessments, and Ratings of Real-World Functional Outcomes in Swedish and U.S. Samples of Schizophrenia Patients

	Country
	Sweden		United States		Analyses
Measure	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p	Cohen's d
UPSA-B (Sweden, N=146; U.S., N=244)
Finances, raw subscore	7.73	2.52	7.47	3.59	0.77	0.40	0.07
Communication, raw subscore	5.57	1.91	5.67	2.99	0.71	0.43	0.03
Total score, raw	13.30	3.75	13.84	3.98	–1.33	0.83	0.13
Total score, adjusteda	69.89	18.59	69.03	19.64	0.43	0.68	0.04
Specific Level of Functioning Scale domain subscores (Sweden, N=142; U.S., N=197)
Physical functioning	23.87	2.34	23.74	2.08	0.53	0.60	0.03
Personal care	32.52	3.47	34.22	4.70	3.66	0.001	0.36
Interpersonal	23.61	6.03	29.78	5.37	9.09	0.001	0.67
Acceptable behavior	33.71	2.06	33.87	2.03	0.72	0.47	0.08
Community activities	48.78	7.19	49.06	8.54	0.31	0.75	0.03
Work skills	20.62	4.62	24.23	8.54	6.22	0.001	0.58
Specific Level of Functioning Scale total score	183.23	18.76	196.63	18.86	5.87	0.001	0.71
Neuropsychological tests (presented as T scores) (Sweden, N=100; U.S., N=244)
Trail Making Test, Part A	32.45	12.64	29.79	10.16	1.87	0.08	0.26
Trail Making Test, Part B	30.60	15.27	24.51	18.92	3.14	0.003	0.32
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, learning subscore	35.52	14.26	34.15	13.31	0.83	0.40	0.10
Letter-number sequencing	41.26	12.18	39.94	10.84	0.94	0.32	0.15
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test categories	38.13	10.06	32.79	9.43	4.56	0.001	0.45
Average	35.59	11.40	32.23	11.82	2.06	0.04	0.28

^aConverted to a 100-point scale for comparability with the full version of the UCSD Performance-Based Skills Assessment.