Table 2.
Clinical changes of patients with schizophrenia pre- and post-treatment in 26 patients
| Symptom scores | Pre-treatment
|
Post-treatment
|
Change
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| PANSS-total | 90.2 (12.8) | 56.2 (11.6) | 34.0 (8.8) |
| PANSS-positive | 24.7 (3.7) | 12.2 (3.6) | 12.4 (4.0) |
| PANSS-P1 | 5.5 (1.2) | 2.5 (1.2) | 3.0 (1.1) |
| PANSS-P3 | 3.8 (1.8) | 1.6 (0.9) | 2.2 (1.6) |
| PANSS-(P1+P3) | 9.3 (2.2) | 4.1 (1.6) | 5.2 (2.1) |
| PANSS-negative | 20.5 (6.1) | 15.4 (5.2) | 5.2 (3.9) |
| PANSS-general | 45.0 (6.5) | 29.1 (4.9) | 15.8 (5.8) |
| CGI-severity | 5.3 (0.6) | 3.0 (1.9) | 2.0 (1.0) |
Notes: PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, which includes positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and general psychopathology subscales; P1, delusions; P3, hallucinatory behavior.
Abbreviations: CGI, Clinical Global Impression; SD, standard deviation.