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Table 1 GRAS data collection manual: Table of contents

From: The cross-sectional GRAS sample: A comprehensive phenotypical data collection of schizophrenic patients

category

content

reference in the paper

legal documents/ethical requirements

patient information, informed consent form, confidentiality form, and others...

 

patient history

general information (age, sex, ethnicity,...)

→ table 2

 

education/employment

→ table 2

 

living situation

→ table 2

 

legal history

 
 

medication including side effects

→ table 4

 

medical history

 
 

family history

 
 

global quality of lifea

→ table 2 and figure 6

 

birth history/traumatic brain injury

 
 

stressful life events

 
 

suicidal thoughts/suicide attempts

 
 

hospitalization history

→ table 2 and figure 6

clinical interviews/ratings

parts of SCID-I: addiction, anxiety, affective disorders, psychotic disorders*b

 
 

Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale* (PANSS)c

→ table 2 and figure 6

 

Clinical Global Impression* (CGI)d

→ table 2 and figure 6

 

Global Assessment of Functioning* (GAF)e

→ table 2 and figure 6

questionnaires

State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory* (STAI)f

→ table 2 and figure 6

 

Brief Symptom Inventory* (BSI)g

→ table 2 and figure 6

 

Toronto Alexithymia Scale* (TAS)h

→ table 2

cognitive tests

premorbid IQ (MWT-B)i, j

→ table 3 and figure 7

 

reasoning (LPS-3)k

→ table 3 and figure 7

 

letter-number-span (BZT)l

→ table 3 and figure 7

 

finger dotting and tappingm

→ table 3 and figure 7

 

trail making tests (TMT-A and TMT-B)n

→ table 3 and figure 7

 

verbal fluency (DT/RWT)o, p

 
 

digit-symbol test (ZST)q

→ table 3 and figure 7

 

verbal memory* (VLMT)r

→ table 3 and figure 7

physical examination

Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung (TAP)s

→ table 3 and figure 7

 

general physical examination

 
 

Cambridge Neurological Inventory (CNI)t

→ table 5 and figure 8

 

Contralateral Co-Movement Test (COMO)u

 
 

Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale (BARS)v

→ figure 8

 

Simpson-Angus Scale (SAS)w

→ figure 8

 

Tardive Dyskinesia Rating Scale (TDRS)x

→ figure 8

 

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)y

→ figure 8

 

odor testing (ORNI Test)z

 
 

blood sampling (DNA, serum)

 
  1. *questionnaires and cognitive tests in respective German versions
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