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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients assigned to either Plan-a-Day or Basic Cognition.

From: Planning and problem-solving training for patients with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial

 

Plan-a-Day (N = 38)

Basic Cognition (N = 39)

Test- statistic

Categorial Variables

N

%

N

%

Chi-Square

Gender

    

.65

   Male

32

84.2

30

76,9

 

   Female

6

15.8

9

23.1

 

Diagnoses

    

5.19

   Schizophrenia, paranoid

27

71.1

30

76.9

 

   Schizophrenia, disorganized

1

2.6

0

  

   Schizophrenia, residual

2

5.3

0

  

   Schizophrenia, undifferentiated

1

2.6

0

  

   Schizoaffective disorder

5

13.2

9

23.1

 

   Schizophrenia simplex

2

5.3

0

  

Occupational state

    

1.26

   employed, on sick leave

13

34.2

18

46.1

 

   in academic or professional training, on sick leave

6

15.8

6

15.4

 

   unemployed

19

50

15

38.1

 

Continuous Variables

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

t-statistic

   Age

28.03

7.04

29.46

7.42

-.87

   Years of Education

14.68

2.96

15.55

3.71

-1.13

   Premorbid IQ (MWT-B; raw score)

26.95

4.78

27.18

5.03

-.21

   Age at 1st hospitalization

23.03

6.28

25.70

7.05

-1.76

   Global Assessment of Functioning

60.00

6.88

60.05

6.33

-.03

   Baseline PANSS Total

62.03

8.72

63.79

12.57

-.72

   3-week PANSS Total

54.61

7.99

56.46

9.89

-.90

   QCM: challenge

20.74

3.82

19.82

3.89

1.04

   QCM: interest

22.24

5.79

20.10

6.49

1.52

   QCM: probability of success

14.37

2.48

14.85

2.86

-.78

   QCM: anxiety

12.71

4.70

14.31

6.51

-1.24

  1. MWT-B: Mehrfachwahl-Wortschatzintelligenz-Test Version B; PANSS: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; QCM: Questionnaire to assess current motivation in learning situations.