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Table 2 Mean scores ± sd at clinical scales of remitted and non-remitted patients according to different criteria

From: Criteria for symptom remission revisited: a study of patients affected by schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders

Items

Criteria of remission

Remitted

Non-remitted

Statistics (df)/Cohen’s d

CGI-S positive symptoms

SWGC*

1.60 (0.95)

2.95 (1.42)

t(110) = −5.853, p < .0001/1.17

PANSS PNS**

1.47 (0.89)

2.79 (1,41)

t(110) = 4.860, p < .0001/1.04

PANSS TS***

1.27 (0.67)

2.59 (1.39)

t(110) = 4.678,p < .0001/1.209

CGI-S negative symptoms

SWGC*

1.78 (0.91)

3.36 (1.27)

t(110) = 7.478,p < .0001/1.43

PANSS PNS**

1.68 (0.93)

3.04 (1.32)

t(110) = −5.650, p < .0001/1.19

PANSS TS***

1.54 (0.71)

2.92 (1.36)

t(110) = 4.948,p < .0001/1.20

CGI-S depressive symptoms

SWGC*

1.71 (0.85)

2.36 (1.31)

t(110) = 3.076,p = .003/0.58

PANSS PNS**

1.70 (0.90)

2.21 (1.24)

t(110) = −2.185 p = .03/0.46

PANSS TS***

1.38 (0.64)

2.29 (1.30)

t(110) = 3.423p = .001/0.88

CGI-S cognitive symptoms

SWGC*

1.84 (1.03)

3.18 (1.20)

t(110) = 6.298,p < .0001/1.19

PANSS PNS**

1.66 (0.91)

2.96 (1.26)

t(110) = 5.631,p < .0001/1.18

PANSS TS***

1.65 (0.98)

2.78 (1.28)

t(110) = 4.134p < .0001/0.99

CGI-S overall severity

SWGC*

2.45 (0.95)

3.82 (0.76)

t(110) = 8.309,p < .0001/1.59

PANSS PNS**

2.34 (0.96)

3.56 (0.92)

t(110) = 6.479p < .0001/1.29

PANSS TS***

2,12 (0.82)

3.49 (1.01)

t(110) = 6.305,p < .0001/1.49

PANSS positive scale

SWGC*

8.96 (2.09)

14.39 (4.35)

t(110) = 8.417,p < .0001/1.59

PANSS PNS**

8.51 (1.71)

13.37 (4.40)

t(110) = 6.617p < .0001/1.45

PANSS TS***

8.19 (1.77)

12.73 (4.36)

t(110) = 5.168p < .0001/1.36

PANSS negative scale

SWGC*

10.57 (3.65)

18.70 (5.85)

t(110) = 8.803,p < .0001/1.66

PANSS PNS**

9.64 (2.91)

17.30 (6.07)

t(110) = 7.420,p < .0001/1.61

PANSS TS***

9.58 (3.03)

16.16 (6.30)

t(110) = 5.139,p < .0001/1.33

PANSS general psychopathology

SWGC*

21.98 (4.87)

32.68 (7.48)

t(110) = 8.964,p < .0001/1.69

PANSS PNS**

22.13 (5.13)

30.11 (8.31)

t(110) = 5.462,p < .0001/1.15

PANSS TS***

19.92 (3.58)

29.57 (7.98)

t(110) = 5.972,p < .0001/1.66

PANSS Total scale

SWGC*

41.52 (7.92)

65.77 (13.87)

t(110) = 11.354,p < .0001/1.69

PANSS PNS**

40.28 (7.85)

60.78 (15.58)

t(110) = 7.697,p < .0001/1.66

PANSS TS***

37.69 (6.61)

58.47 (15.65)

t(110) = 6.578,p < .0001/1.75

  1. *SWGC Schizophrenia Working Group Severity Criterion.
  2. **PANSSPNS PANSS Positive and Negative Scores Severity Criterion.
  3. ***PANSSTS PANSS TOTAL Score Severity Criterion.