Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of remitted and non-remitted patients according to different criteria
Items | Criteria of remission | Remitted | Non-remitted | Statistics (df) |
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Education (years) (means ± SD) | SWGC | 11.55 (4.16) | 10.13 (3.43) | t(110) = 1.981 p = .050 |
CGI-S | 11.55 (4.01) | 10.16 (3.62) | t(110) = 1.922 p < .057 | |
Occupation (unemployed) N (%) | SWGC | 36 (64.3%) | 47 (83.9%) | Chisq(1) = 9.775 p < .0001 |
CGI-S | 35 (63.3%) | 48 (84.2%) | Chisq(1) = 6.175 p = .013 | |
Course of illness (continuous + episodic with residual symptoms) N (%) | SWGC | 39 (69.6%) | 50 (89.3%) | Chisq(1) = 9.560, p = .008 |
CGI-S | 36 (65.5%) | 53 (92.9%) | Chisq(1) = 23.343 p < .0001 | |
Duration of illness (months) (means ± SD) | SWGC | 163.68 (100.01) | 227.48 (112.58) | t(110) = −3.171, p = .002 |
CGI-S | 173.04 (106.72) | 217.33 (111.11) | t(110) = −2.151, p = .034 |
SWGC Schizophrenia Working Group Severity Criterion, CGI Clinical Global Impression Severity Criterion.