A randomized controlled trial of cognitive remediation for a national cohort of forensic patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder

Table 2 Sample characteristics at baseline

	TAU (N = 33)		CRT (N = 32)		T	df	p
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	T	df	p
Male/ female	27/6		28/4
Age	39.30	9.51	42.68	9.74	−1.41	63	0.16
NGRI/ other	18/15		19/13
CPZeq	472.15	313.52	505.31	362.14	−0.39	63	0.69
ACB	4.09	2.59	3.40	2.49	1.08	63	0.28
MCCB Modified	31.97	9.53	33.19	8.33	−0.54	63	0.58
MCCB	20.30	14.80	22.18	13.61	−0.53	63	0.59
Speed of processing	25.45	14.31	25.65	13.47	−0.05	63	0.95
Working memory	32.09	12.70	32.68	13.96	−0.18	63	0.85
Verbal learning	34.69	7.93	35.71	7.89	−0.52	63	0.60
Visual learning	29.42	12.98	33.65	11.50	−1.38	63	0.17
Problem solving	33.21	8.64	36.43	8.90	−1.48	63	0.14
Social cognition (MSCEIT)	36.96	15.32	35.00	10.93	0.59	63	0.55
Eyes of the mind	20.56	7.62	20.96	5.10	−0.24	54.42	0.80
Faux Pas	38.84	17.25	46.34	11.65	−2.00	54.71	0.05
SOFAS	58.36	13.66	61.06	10.94	−0.87	63	0.38
PANSS Positive symptoms	9.90	5.03	9.65	4.51	0.21	63	0.83
PANSS Negative symptoms	17.09	6.55	15.37	5.54	1.13	63	0.25
PANSS Disorganization	10	4.37	9.68	4.11	0.29	63	0.76
PANSS Excitement	7.30	2.74	7.00	3.6	0.38	63	0.70
PANSS Emotional dysfunction	7.84	2.46	8.53	3.48	−0.91	63	0.36
DUNDRUM-1	2.84	0.52	3.02	0.40	−1.49	59.87	0.14
HCR-20	27.45	5.66	25.12	5.63	1.66	63	0.10

Male/ female Chi square 0.40, df = 1, p = 0.52, Age/ gender Chi square 0.15, df = 1, p = 0.69

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