Theory of mind deficits partly mediate impaired social decision-making in schizophrenia

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Demographics, estimated IQ and clinical assessments

	SZ (N= 35) Mean (SD)	HC (N = 38) Mean (SD)	P
Gender (male, N %)	15 (41.7%)	21 (55.3%)	0.20^a
Age (in years)	28.46 (7.94)	30.32 (9.15)	0.36^b
Education (in years)	13.14 (2.74)	13.66 (2.29)	0.39^b
Estimated IQ	92.71 (18.29)	105.24 (16.95)	0.003^b
First-episode (N %)	9 (22.9%)	-	-
Duration of illness (in months)	60.85 (65.55)	-	-
Times of hospitalization	2.32 (1.80)	-	-
SAPS	13.66 (10.55)	-	-
SANS	33.31 (15.56)	-	-
PSP	53.57 (8.37)	-	-
GAF	54.14 (7.95)	-	-
Medication (CPZ equivalents)^c	653.47 (726.58)	-	-

SZ patients with schizophrenia, HC healthy controls, SD standard deviation, SAPS Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms, SANS Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms, PSP the Personal and Social Performance scale, GAF the Global Assessment of Functioning scale, CPZ chlorpromazine
^aMann-Whitney U test; ^b independent t-test; ^c two patients were not receiving antipsychotic medication and were excluded for CPZ calculation

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