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. 2018 Jan 24;45(1):69–79. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbx197

Table 1.

Selection of Negative Symptoms From Electronic Health Records and Their Equivalence to the Marder Negative Factor Items Within the PANSS

Items Extracted From Electronic Health Record PPV/Sensitivity Marder Negative Factor Items Within the PANSS
Blunted affect 0.93/0.83 N1. Blunted affect
Emotional withdrawal 0.85/0.74 N2. Emotional withdrawal
Poor rapport 0.91/0.77 N3. Poor rapport
Social isolation 0.94/0.96 N4. Passive apathetic social withdrawal
G16. Active social avoidance
Poverty of speech 0.80/0.73 N6. Lack of spontaneity and conversation flow
Mutism 0.99/0.94
Psychomotor retardation (droppeda) 0.55/0.65 G7. Motor retardation

Note: PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; PPV, positive predictive value.

aDropped from the study due to low PPV (0.55) and sensitivity (0.65) of the “free text” extraction tool, and due to its being recorded mainly as secondary negative symptom.