Table 3 Outcome by attrition rate based on 18 studies (N = 660)
From: A systematic review of the long-term outcome of early onset schizophrenia
Percentages of subjects by dropout rate | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome variable | Low dropout (<28%) | High dropout (>28%) | Analysis | |||||||||
Mean | SD | Median | Mean Rank | Mean | SD | Median | Mean Rank | U | z | p | rho | |
N = 342 | N = 318 | |||||||||||
Good | 18.8 | 8.2 | 19.8 | 324.72 | 17.0 | 8.0 | 20.7 | 340.77 | 52400.000 | −1.081 | n.s. | 0.04 |
Moderate | 32.0 | 12.8 | 38.2 | 370.67 | 25.2 | 15.6 | 25.0 | 291.96 | 42007.500 | −5.301 | <.001 | 0.21 |
Poor | 49.1 | 15.3 | 48.0 | 293.44 | 57.7 | 21.3 | 51.0 | 373.99 | 41703.500 | −5.423 | <.001 | 0.21 |