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Table 8 Outcome by time period of diagnosis (N = 705)

From: A systematic review of the long-term outcome of early onset schizophrenia

Outcome variable

Percentages of subjects by period of diagnosis

<1970+

≥1970

Analysis

 

Mean

SD

Median

Mean Rank

Mean

SD

Median

Mean Rank

U

z

p

rho

EOS

N = 216

N = 195

 

Good

16.2

7.6

15.8

228.03

15.8

7.1

19.8

181.60

16302.0

−3.987

<0.001

0.19

Moderate

17.2

7.3

17.0

137.25

24.9

15.8

38.2

282.15

6210.0

−12.452

<0.001

0.61

Poor

66.6

12.9

62.3

274.75

59.3

20.3

44.0

129.85

6210.0

−12.447

<0.001

0.61

MIX

N = 28

N = 266

 

Good

3.6

0.0

3.6

38.50

19.6

7.9

21.0

158.97

672.0

−7.220

<0.001

0.42

Moderate

17.9

0.0

17.9

14.50

33.6

12.5

37.0

161.50

.0

−8.810

<0.001

0.51

Poor

78.5

0.0

78.5

256.50

46.8

15.3

47.0

133.03

672.0

−7.220

<0.001

0.42

  1. Note: <1970+: studies including patients diagnosed before and after 1970.
  2. ≥1970: Studies containing patients diagnosed in 1970 and later.