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Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables

From: Measuring cognitive insight in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a comparative study

 

Schizophrenia (1) n = 143

Bipolar disorder (2) n = 92

Controls (3) n = 64

1 vs. 2

1 vs. 3

2 vs. 3

Male

83 (58.0)

40 (43.5)

25 (39.1)

n.s

<0.05

n.s.

Age

32.5 (9.5)

37.2 (11.4)

33.7 (11.7)

<0.05

n.s.

n.s.

GAF-S

42.8 (11.4)

61.2 (12.1)

 

<0.001

  

GAF-F

43.8 (10.9)

61.6 (14.3)

 

<0.001

  

PANSS delusions

3.0 (1.7)

1.4 (0.9)

 

<0.001

  

PANSS hallucinations

2.6 (1.7)

1.2 (0.8)

 

<0.001

  

PANSS pos

14.7 (5.9)

9.1 (2.9)

 

<0.001

  

PANSS neg

14.4 (5.5)

10.1 (3.7)

 

<0.001

  

PANSS total

58.3 (16.6)

43.6 (10.9)

 

<0.001

  

IDS-C total

17.0 (12.5)

15.8 (12.6)

 

n.s.

  

PANSS insight

2.6 (1.5)

1.5 (1.0)

 

<0.001

  
  1. Male, per cent in parenthesis; for other variables, standard deviation in parenthesis; GAF-S, Global Assessment of Functioning – Symptom scale; Global Assessment of Functioning – Function scale; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, delusions item, hallucinations item, positive symptoms subscale, negative symptoms subscale, total score; IDS-C, Inventory of Depressive Symptoms Scale-Clinician and PANSS insight item.
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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