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. 2022 Apr 14;48(4):839–849. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbac035

Table 3.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics Between Participants in Clinical Recovery* and not in Clinical Recovery at 10-year Follow-up

Nonrecovery
(n = 97)
Recovery
(n = 45)
Chi-square/t-test/ Mann Whitney
χ2/t/U p V/D
Demographic
Gender, female 42 (43.3) 25 (55.6) χ2 = 1.85 .207 .114
Age M (SD) 38.3 (8.2) 36.3 (8.4) t = 1.32 .191 .237
Country of origin χ2 = 0.12 .812 .032
 Norwegian 67 (78.8) 31 (81.6)
 Other 18 (21.2) 7 (18.4)
Education, years M (SD) 12.8 (2.3) 15.1 (2.2) t = −5.10 .000 −1.007
Clinical
Diagnosis, 10 years
Schizophrenia spectrum 74 (76.3) 22 (48.9)
 Schizophrenia 49 6
 Schizophreniform 0 1
 Schizoaffective 10 5
 ”Other Psychoses”a 15 10
Bipolar spectrum 23 (23.7) 23 (51.1)
 Bipolar 1 Disorder 21 21
 Bipolar 2 Disorder 1 2
Bipolar NOS 1 0
Psychotic ep. FUb Mdn (ran) 2 (1–40) 2 (0–7) U = 1913.50 .401
Manic ep. FUb Mdn (ran) 1 (0–42) 2 (0–9) U = 487.50 .726
Depressive ep. FUb Mdn (ran) 2 (0–48) 2 (0–38) U = 1133.00 .198
PANSSc M (SD)
 Positive 8.7 (4.3) 4.6 (1.1) t = 6.25 .000 1.13
 Negative 10.6 (5.8) 6.9 (1.7) t = 4.20 .000 .758
 Disorganized 4.7 (2.3) 3.3 (0.5) t = 4.01 .000 .723
 Excited 4.9 (1.6) 4.3 (0.8) t = 2.52 .013 .454
 Depressive 7.2 (3.5) 4.4 (1.9) t = 5.12 .000 .923
CDSSd M (SD) 4.1 (4.9) .8 (1.6) t = 4.29 .000 .796
YMRSe M (SD) 4.4 (4.4) 1.0 (1.6) t = 4.98 .000 .910
GAF-Ff M (SD) 51.1 (12.7) 80.7 (6.5) t = -14.70 .000 -2.65
AUDITg Mdn (ran) 4 (0–28) 3 (0–20) U = 1664.00 .785
DUDITh Mdn (ran) 0 (0–42) 0 (0–23) U = 1643.00 .624
Medicated, psychotropic 64 (67.4) 31 (68.9) χ2 = 0.03 1.000 .015

Note: N (%) is reported unless otherwise specified, M (SD) = Mean (Standard Deviation), Mdn (ran) = Median (range).

* Standard clinical recovery definition: Psychotic symptom remission and adequate functioning, 12 months duration.

a Delusional disorder = 5; brief psychotic disorder = 1; psychotic disorder not otherwise specified = 19.

b Episodes during follow-up period.

c PANSS, Positive and Negative Symptom Scale.

d CDSS, Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia.

e YMRS, Young Mania Rating Scale.

f GAF-F, Global Assessment of Functioning—functioning subscale.

g AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.

h DUDIT, Drug Use Disorder Identification Test.