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Table 2 Mean scores ± sd at clinical scales of remitted and non-remitted patients according to different criteria

From: Clinical Global Impression-severity score as a reliable measure for routine evaluation of remission in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders

Items

Criteria of remission

Remitted

Non-remitted

Statistics (df)/ p Cohen’s d

CGI-S positive symptoms

SWGC

1.60 (0.95)

2.95 (1.42)

t(110) = −5.853, p < .0001/−1.17

CGI-S

1.49 (0.84)

3.07 (1.37)

t(110) = −7.316, p < .0001/−1.39

CGI-S negative symptoms

SWGC

1.78 (0.91)

3.36 (1.27)

t(110) = −7.478, p < .0001/−1.43

CGI-S

1.80 (0.87)

3.39 (1.36)

t(110) = −7.326, p < .0001/−1.39

CGI-S depressive symptoms

SWGC

1.71 (0.85)

2.36 (1.31)

t(110) = −3.076, p = .003/−0.58

CGI-S

1.53 (0.716)

2.61 (1.40)

t(110) = −5.148, p = .0001/−0.98

CGI-S cognitive symptoms

SWGC

1.84 (1.03)

3.18 (1.20)

t(110) = −6.298, p < .0001/−1.19

CGI-S

1.85 (1.08)

3.14 (1.88)

t(110) = −5.999, p < .0001/−1.14

CGI-S overall severity

SWGC

2.45 (0.95)

3.82 (0.76)

t(110) = −8.309, p < .0001/−1.59

CGI-S

2.24 (0.66)

4.07 (0.65)

t(110) = −14.74, p < .0001/−2.81

PANSS positive scale

SWGC

8.96 (2.09)

14.39 (4.35)

t(110) = −8.417, p < .0001/−1.59

CGI-S

9.55 (2.70)

13.74 (4.67)

t(110) = −5.788, p < .0001/−1.10

PANSS negative scale

SWGC

10.57 (3.65)

18.70 (5.85)

t(110) = −8.803, p < .0001/−1.66

CGI-S

10.96 (3.68)

18.18 (6.39)

t(110) = −7.287, p < .0001/−1.39

PANSS general psychopathology

SWGC

21.98 (4.87)

32.68 (7.48)

t(110) = −8.964, p < .0001/−1.69

CGI-S

22.51 (4.83)

31.98 (8.25)

t(110) = −7.378, p < .0001/−1.41

PANSS total scale

SWGC

41.52 (7.92)

65.77 (13.87)

t(110) = −11.35, p < .0001/−1.69

CGI-S

43.02 (8.82)

63.89 (15.87)

t(110) = −8.559, p < .0001/−1.63

  1. SWGC Schizophrenia Working Group Severity Criterion, CGI Clinical Global Impression Severity Criterion.