Table 2.
DSM-IV | Diagnosis | Total (N = 196) | COP (N = 100) | SUP (N = 96) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
295.1 | Disorganized schizophrenia | 11.7% | 11% | 12.5% | |||
295.2 | Catatonic schizophrenia | 1.5% | 1% | 2.1% | |||
295.3 | Paranoid schizophrenia | 63.3% | 67% | 59.4% | |||
295.6 | Residual schizophrenia | 9.2% | 10% | 8.3% | |||
295.7 | Schizoaffective disorder | 8.7% | 5% | 12.5% | |||
295.9 | Undifferentiated schizophrenia | 1% | 1% | 1% | |||
297.1 | Delusional disorder | 0.5% | 1% | 0% | |||
298.8 | Brief psychotic disorder | 2.6% | 2% | 3.1% | |||
298.9 | Unspecified psychosis | 1.5% | 2% | 1% | |||
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
Age at current hospitalization | 33.6 | 11.3 | 33.3 | 10.3 | 34.0 | 12.2 | |
Age of onset | 27.7 | 9.3 | 28.5 | 8.8 | 27.0 | 9.8 | |
Duration of illness (y)a | 6.2 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.4 | |
Number of previous hospitalizations | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 | |
Cumulative duration of prior hospitalization (d) | 181.8 | 222.7 | 181.2 | 229.2 | 182.4 | 216.9 | |
Current duration of hospitalization before participation in groups (d) | 40.7 | 30.7 | 36.6 | 27.5 | 44.9 | 33.3 | |
Chlorpromazine-equivalents | 277.3 | 290.6 | 245.0 | 260.7 | 308.5 | 315.1 | |
Scale for Extrapyramidal Symptoms (EPS) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Note: COP, coping-oriented program; SUP, supportive therapy program.
a t(194) = −2.378, P = .018.