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Table 2 Outcome instruments most frequently used to assess PSDs a

From: Disability and schizophrenia: a systematic review of experienced psychosocial difficulties

Name of instrument

Papers in which an instrument was used n (%)

Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) [20]

36 (34.6)

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) [21]

15 (14.4)

Quality of Life Scale (QLS) [22]

7 (6.7)

Trail Making Test (TMT) [23]

7 (6.7)

Continuous Performance Test (CPT) [24]

6 (5.8)

Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) [25]

6 (5.8)

Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) [26]

6 (5.8)

Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) [27]

6 (5.8)

Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) [28]

6 (5.8)

Subjective Well-Being Under Neuroleptic Treatment (SWN-K) [29]

6 (5.8)

World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS or WHODAS II) [30]

6 (5.8)

Clinical Global Impression-Schizophrenia scale (CGI-SCH) [31]

5 (4.8)

Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Scale (MADRS) [32]

5 (4.8)

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-R) [33]

5 (4.8)

Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-R) [34]

5 (4.8)

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) [35]

5 (4.8)

  1. a Only instruments which were used in at least 5 studies were included.
  2. Instruments were only taken into account if they were used for assessing dependent variables.