Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data and task performances in the CG, the SG, and the RG.
| Variable | CG (n = 12) | SG (n = 12) | RG (n = 12) | p-valuee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Gender (male/female) | 5/7 | 6/6 | 6/6 | ||||
| Age (years) | 37.00 | 9.08 | 36.88 | 7.99 | 42.9 | 10.52 | 0.195a |
| Full Scale IQc | 118 | 10.47 | 107.76 | 12.38 | 116.8 | 7.13 | 0.136a |
| PANSS (total) | 65.70 | 13.45 | |||||
| PANSS (positive) | 14 | 4 | |||||
| PANSS (negative) | 18.02 | 5.47 | |||||
| PANSS (depression) | 9.38 | 3.39 | |||||
| PANSS (general) | 34.15 | 7.30 | |||||
| Age at onset (years)f | 27.69 | 6.77 | |||||
| Duration of illness (years) | 10 | 6.74 | |||||
| Response accuracy in tasks during scanningd | |||||||
| Irony tasks | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.46 | 1.19 | 0.6 | 1.07 | 0.033b |
| Control tasks | 0.16 | 0.38 | 0.84 | 1.46 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.303b |
a
Mann-Whitney U-test.
b
Kruskall-Wallis one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) by ranks.
c
General IQ.
d
The mean and SD of the number of incorrect answers.
e
Statistically significant differences, two-tailed p < 0.05, uncorrected.
f
Age of onset was defined as the presentation of psychotic symptoms in the context of functional decline.