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Patient and disease characteristics |
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| Characteristic |
Study 1 (n = 339) |
Study 2 (n = 346) |
Study 3 (n = 548) |
Study 4 (n = 394) |
Total (N = 1627) |
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| Age (mean ± SD) |
36.21 ± 10.73 |
41.05 ± 9.58 |
39.10 ± 11.8 |
41.59 ± 9.74 |
39.53 ± 10.85 |
| Sex (Male %) |
220(64.9) |
228(65.9) |
352(64.2) |
248(62.9) |
1048(64.4) |
| Race (Caucasian %) |
253(74.6) |
179(51.7) |
239(43.6) |
197(50.0) |
868(53.3) |
| Diagnosis (%) |
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| Schizophrenia |
277(81.7) |
230(66.5) |
548(100) |
223(56.6) |
1278(78.5) |
| Schizoaffective |
52(15.3) |
116(33.5) |
-- |
171(43.4) |
339(20.84) |
| Schizophreniform |
10(2.9) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
10(0.6) |
| Age of Onset Illness (yrs ± SD) |
23.51 ± 7.48 |
23.36 ± 8.21 |
23.37 ± 8.27 |
23.71 ± 8.93 |
23.48 ± 8.26 |
| PANSS Total (mean ± SD) |
96.08 ± 16.55 |
84.83 ± 14.03 |
100.9 ± 20.18 |
79.35 ± 17.51 |
91.27 ± 19.72 |
| Prior Hospitalization (%) |
337(99.4) |
180(52.0) |
105(19.2) |
189(48.0) |
811(49.8) |
| Hospitalization Days (mean ± SD)* |
23.12 ± 43.89 |
55.45 ± 77.13 |
16.10 ± 37.4 |
41.12 ± 44.10 |
33.58 ± 54.31 |
| Illness Duration (yrs ± SD) |
12.57 ± 9.75 |
17.68 ± 9.50 |
15.80 ± 11.63 |
17.84 ± 10.59 |
16.02 ± 10.75 |
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* Mean hospitalization days for group of patients reporting prior hospitalization. | |||||
Liu-Seifert et al. BMC Medicine 2005 3:21 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-3-21 |
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