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Table 3 Measures

From: A randomized controlled trial of Goal Management Training for executive functioning in schizophrenia spectrum disorders or psychosis risk syndromes

Instrument

Outcome variables

Time points

SCID-I: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV) Axis I [53]

 

Inclusion

SIPS: Structured Interview for Prodromal Symptoms [9]

 

Inclusion

SCI-PANSS: Structured Clinical Interview for the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia [54]

Positive, negative, disorganized, depressive and excited symptoms

T1, T2, T3

SCL-10: Symptoms Check List [62]

Total score

T1, T2, T3

WASI: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence [63]

Estimated IQ from Matrix Reasoning and Vocabulary

T1

WAIS-IV: Wechsler’s Adult Intelligence Scale, 4th edition [50]

or Estimated IQ from General Ability Index (GAI)

T1

BRIEF-A: Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function - Adult version [6]

Total raw score

9 subscale scores

T1, T2, T3

CPT3: Conners Continuous Performance Test 3rd edition [38]

Detectability (d’) raw score

T1, T2, T3

Digit Span from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – 4th edition, WAIS-IV [50]

Total number of correct trials from the forward, backwards and sequential conditions

T1, T2, T3

CWIT: Color-Word Interference Test from the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) [64]

Time – raw scores in seconds

Raw contrasts between conditions 4 versus 3 (switching) and between condition 3 versus 1 and 2 (inhibition)

T1, T2, T3

Tower task from D-KEFS [64]

Total achievement score

T1, T2, T3

UPSA-B: University of California San Diego Performance-based Skills Assessment, brief version [65, 66]

Total score on the finance and communication modules

T1, T2, T3

Hotel Task [59]

Time expressed in number of seconds deviating from optimal time distribution between five tasks

T1, T2, T3

SFS: Social Functioning Scale [67]

The scores from the subscales Independence Competence and Independence Performance

T1, T2, T3

GAF: Global Assessment of Functioning-Split Version [47]

GAF-F global function score

T1, T2, T3

  1. Abbreviations: T1 Time one, baseline assessment (0 weeks), T2 Time two, post-intervention assessment (5 weeks), T3 Time three, follow-up assessment 6 months after intervention (30 weeks)