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Clinical characteristics of participants.
| Variable | Frequency |
Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| (n = 250) | ||
| ICD-10 diagnostic category of schizophrenia | ||
| Paranoid | 108 | 43.2 |
| Undifferentiated | 95 | 38.0 |
| Hebephrenic | 32 | 12.8 |
| Others | 15 | 6.0 |
| Course of illness (PANSS) | ||
| First episode | 92 | 36.8 |
| Intermittent | 69 | 27.6 |
| Progredient | 29 | 11.6 |
| Chronic | 60 | 24.0 |
| Physical comorbidity present? | ||
| Yes | 43 | 17.2 |
PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.
