Table 2 Threshold level for each of remission criteria symptoms in a group of stable patients according to International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10) diagnosis (n = 158)
Dimension of psychopathology according to three-factor model of schizophrenia | ICD-10 diagnosis (PANSS symptoms) | Paranoid schizophrenia, continuous course | Paranoid schizophrenia, episodic course | Paranoid schizophrenia, remittent course | Undifferentiated schizophrenia | Residual schizophrenia | Simple schizophrenia | Schizoaffective disorder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Psychoticism (reality distortion) | Delusion | 3.7 (± 1.0)/5 | 2.5 (± 1.1)/3 | 1.3 (± 0.5)/1.5 | 3.7 (± 0.9)/4 | 1.7 (± 0.9)/2 | 1.0 (± 0)/1 | 1.0 (± 0)/1 |
|  | Unusual thought content | 3.8 (± 1.1)/5 | 2.3 (± 1.1)/3 | 1.5 (± 0.5)/2 | 3.0 (± 1.0)/4 | 1.7 (± 1.0)/3 | 1.5 (± 0.8)/2 | 1.2 (± 0.7)/1 |
|  | Hallucinatory behavior | 3.5 (± 1.2)/4 | 2.0 (± 1.0)/3 | 1.1 (± 0.4)/1 | 3.7 (± 0.7)/4 | 1.6 (± 0.7)/2 | 1.0 (± 0)/1 | 1.0 (± 0)/1 |
Disorganization | Conceptual disorganization | 2.2 (± 1.2)/3 | 1.8 (± 0.9)/3 | 1.1 (± 0.4)/1 | 2.3 (± 1.0)/3 | 1.9 (± 0.8)/3 | 1.2 (± 0.4)/1 | 1.1 (± 0.3)/1 |
|  | Mannerisms/posturing | 2.2 (± 1.3)/3 | 1.9 (± 1.3)/3 | 1.0 (± 0)/1 | 1.9 (± 1.2)/3 | 2.0 (± 0.9)/3 | 1.8 (± 1.0)/3 | 1.0 (± 0)/1 |
Negative symptoms (psychomotor poverty) | Blunted affect | 3.9 (± 0.9)/4 | 3.2 (± 0.9)/4 | 1.3 (± 0.5)/1.5 | 3.5 (± 0.8)/4 | 3.2 (± 1.0)/4 | 4.0 (± 0.6)/4 | 1.6 (± 0.7)/2 |
|  | Social withdrawal | 4.3 (± 1.0)/5 | 2.9 (± 1.3)/4 | 1.8 (± 0.7)/2 | 3.2 (± 1.4)/4 | 3.3 (± 0.9)/4 | 3.8 (± 0.8)/4 | 1.8 (± 0.7)/2 |
|  | Lack of spontaneity | 4.0 (± 1.0)/5 | 2.5 (± 0.9)/3 | 1.4 (± 0.7)/1.5 | 3.3 (± 1.2)/4 | 3.0 (± 0.8)/4 | 3.9 (± 0.7)/4 | 1.0 (± 0)/1 |