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Table 1 Means, standard deviations, and comparisons of patients and healthy controls regarding sociodemographic and clinical measures

From: Problems in measuring the JTC-bias in patients with psychotic disorders with the fish task: a secondary analysis of a baseline assessment of a randomized controlled trial

 

Patients with psychotic disorders (n = 300) n (%)/ M (SD)

Healthy controls (n = 51) n (%)/ M (SD)

Test Statistics

Sociodemographics

 Gender (female)

117 (39%)

21 (41%)

χ2(1) = .097, p = .755

 Age (y)

37.94 (9.68)

35.65 (9.30)

t(349) = 1.57, p = .117

 Verbal IQ

106.16 (15.08)

114.88 (15.37)

t(337) = 3.734, p < .001

Duration of illness (y)

15.01 (9.05)

  

PANSS

 PANSS total

64.80 (11.38)

  

 PANSS POS

17.44 (3.58)

  

 PANSS NEG

14.28 (4.34)

  

 PANSS GEN

33.16 (7.07)

  

 PANSS positive factor

11.65 (2.72)

  

 PANSS P01

4.37 (1.11)

  

 PANSS P06

3.48 (1.48)

  

PSYRATS

 PSYRATS DS

2.42 (0.76)

  

 PSYRATS AHS

2.03 (1.00)

  

 PSYRATS Delusional conviction

2.57 (1.22)

  

JTC measures

 JTC-bias present

160 (53%)

21 (41%)

χ2(1) = 2.724, p = .099

 Draws to decision (DTD)

3.10 (2.70)

3.49 (2.48)

t(349) = .973, p = .331

 Decision threshold

62.06 (29.02)

67.66 (28.58)

t(333) = 1.26, p = .209

 Subjective probability for Pond A – Draw 1

66.60 (23.18)

67.18 (21.79)

t(349) = .167, p = .868

 Subjective probability for Pond A – Draw 2

71.30 (19.39)

72.82 (17.87)

t(349) = .523, p = .601

  1. Verbal IQ measured with the MWT-B Mehrfachwahl-Wortschatz-Intelligenztest-B, a German vocabulary IQ test, PANSS positive and negative syndrome scale, POS positive symptoms scale, NEG negative symptoms scale, GEN general psychopathology scale, P01 delusions scale, P06 PANSS persecution/ suspiciousness scale, PSYRATS psychotic symptom rating scale, DS delusions subscale, AHS auditory hallucinations subscale, JTC jumping to conclusions, DTD draws to decision