TABLE 2.
Differences in the psychopathological features between male and female forensic in-patients with schizophrenia.
| Men (n = 29) | Women (n = 29) | |||
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M (SD)/ prevalence in % |
M (SD)/ prevalence in % |
U/χ 2 | Significance level (p) | |
| BPRS | ||||
| Somatic concern | 2.0 (1.3) | 3.1 (1.9) | 288.5a | 0.032* |
| Anxiety | 1.8 (1.2) | 3.3 (1.9) | 231.0a | 0.002** |
| Guilt | 1.6 (1.1) | 3.1 (1.9) | 220.0a | 0.001*** |
| Total | 37.7 (9.6) | 43.7 (12.1) | 312.5a | 0.093 |
| DSS | ||||
| Negative symptoms secondary to drug effects | 42.9% | 92.0% | 14.222b | 0.000*** |
| GAS | 5.03 (1.5) | 4.55 (1.5) | 337.0a | 0.182 |
| PANSS | ||||
| Suspiciousness (P6) | 2.0 (1.1) | 3.1 (1.7) | 264.0a | 0.012* |
| Stereotyped thinking (N7) | 1.7 (0.8) | 2.6 (1.1) | 215.5a | 0.001*** |
| Anxiety (G2) | 1.6 (0.8) | 2.8 (1.9) | 262.5a | 0.009** |
| Guilt feelings (G3) | 1.7 (1.2) | 3.0 (1.7) | 222.5a | 0.001*** |
| Depression (G6) | 1.6 (0.7) | 2.7 (1.6) | 242.5a | 0.004** |
| Lack of judgment and insight (G12) | 2.5 (1.6) | 3.5 (1.5) | 266.0a | 0.014* |
| Total general psychopathology scale (G) | 30.3 (7.6) | 38.2 (10.3) | 230.5a | 0.003** |
| Total | 60.7 (16.9) | 72.3 (20.1) | 286.0a | 0.036* |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation; BPRS, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; DSS, diagnostic criteria for the deficit syndrome of schizophrenia; GAS, Global Assessment Scale; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.
aMann–Whitney-U.
bChi-square χ2 (Pearson).
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 (asymptotic, two-tailed).