Table 3.
Illness severity, functional level, illness insight and suicidality.
| Total (n = 248) | APS (n = 65) | Non-APS (n = 183) | P-value | Effect size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | |||||
| Illness severity: clinical global impressions-severity scale (CGI-S) mean ± SDa | |||||
| Overall severity of illness | 4.2 ± 1.03 | 4.8 ± 0.94 | 3.9 ± 0.9 | <0.001 | 1.0 |
| Functional level: global assessment of functioning-scale (GAF) mean ± SDb | |||||
| Current GAF | 26.8 ± 16.7 | 23.0 ± 11.9 | 28.1 ± 17.9 | 0.012 | 0.31 |
| Highest GAF of past year | 57.7 ± 14.7 | 52.2 ± 16.6 | 59.7 ± 13.5 | 0.002 | 0.52 |
| Lowest GAF of past year | 23.1 ± 15.0 | 18.9 ± 10.2 | 24.5 ± 16.0 | 0.002 | 0.38 |
| Global functioning: role scale mean ± SDc | |||||
| Current role functioning | 5.9 ± 1.8 | 5.7 ± 1.7 | 6.1 ± 1.9 | 0.35 | 0.20 |
| Global functioning: social scale mean ± SDc | |||||
| Current social functioning | 6.5 ± 1.7 | 5.8 ± 1.5 | 6.9 ± 1.7 | 0.003 | 0.66 |
| Scale to assess unawareness of mental disorder mean ± SDd | |||||
| Awareness of mental disorder | 2.2 ± 1.7 | 2.2 ± 1.6 | 2.2 ± 1.7 | 0.98 | 0.006 |
| Awareness of the effect of medication | 2.1 ± 1.5 | 2.2 ± 1.5 | 2.0 ± 1.5 | 0.45 | 0.14 |
| Awareness of the social consequences | 1.9 ± 1.5 | 1.9 ± 1.4 | 1.9 ± 1.5 | 0.99 | 0.0 |
| Suicidality, n (%)e | |||||
| Suicidal ideation | 131 (61.8) | 38 (73.1) | 93 (58.1) | 0.29 | 0.067 |
| Suicide attempts | 21 (10.0) | 8 (15.3) | 13 (8.2) | 0.19 | 0.082 |
a
Data available for 86 patients.
b
Data available for 225 patients.
c
Data available for 88 patients.
d
Data available for 168 patients.
e
Data available for 212 patients.
Bold values indicate p <0.05 for between-groups analysis.