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. 2013 Jun 14;39(4):756–765. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbt075

Table 3.

Clinical Features by Diagnosis at 6 Months

Clinical Feature Diagnosis
Schizophrenia Major Depressive Disorder With Psychotic Features Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder Without Psychotic Features Bipolar Disorder With Psychotic Features
Psychopathology
 PANSS positive 17.4 (6.4) [54] 14.7 (6.5) [37] 16.3 (8.1) [45] 10.9 (5.0) [7] 17.3 (8.3)* [38]
 PANSS negative 21.7 (7.4) [54] 17.3 (8.3)** [37] 9.5 (4.0)*** [45] 8.0 (1.5) [7] 9.7 (4.3) [38]
Neuropsychology
 MMSE 28.1 (2.2) [51] 27.4 (2.6) [36] 28.1 (2.1) [39] 28.6 (2.2) [7] 27.9 (2.1) [38]
 NART 22.6 (11.5) [46] 23.0 (8.9) [30] 26.5 (9.8) [36] 28.1 (14.3) [7] 26.1 (8.7) [29]
 EXIT 8.4 (4.5) [46] 9.9 (4.2) [33] 6.9 (5.3)**** [39] 4.8 (2.1) [6] 7.3 (5.6) [33]
Neurology
 NES 14.2 (8.1) [47] 18.7 (11.0) [30] 10.3 (8.0)** [34] 6.3 (7.7) [6] 11.1 (7.9) [28]
 SAS 3.9 (3.4) [50] 4.1 (3.7) [33] 2.7 (3.6) [43] 0.9 (0.9) [7] 3.1 (3.8) [36]
 AIMS 1.3 (2.5) [51] 0.9 (1.4) [33] 0.7 (2.0) [44] 0.0 (0.0) [7] 0.8 (2.2) [37]
Premorbid adjustment
 PAS-total 23.3 (7.0) [42] 26.2 (10.9) [25] 19.9 (8.2)**** [30] 20.7 (5.6) [6] 19.7 (8.8) [24]
 PAS-1 10.6 (3.1) [42] 12.6 (4.4)** [25] 9.5 (4.0) [30] 9.8 (2.2) [6] 9.4 (4.3) [24]
 PAS-2 12.7 (4.8) [42] 13.6 (6.8) [25] 10.4 (4.3) [30] 10.8 (3.3) [6] 10.3 (4.6) [24]
Quality of life
 QLS-total 65.5 (20.6) [45] 76.1 (28.0) [28] 100.3 (22.3)*** [37] 104.6 (16.1) [7] 99.3 (23.6) [30]

Note: PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; NART, National Adult Reading Test; EXIT, Executive Interview; NES, Neurological Evaluation Scale; SAS, Simpson-Angus Scale; AIMS, Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale; PAS, Premorbid Adjustment Scale; QLS, Quality of Life Scale.

Data are mean (SD) [number of cases].

*P < .05 vs bipolar disorder without psychotic features, **P < .05, ***P < .001 vs schizophrenia, and ****P < .05 vs major depressive disorder with psychotic features.