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Table 3 Forensic versus non-forensic mean difference PANSS ratings

From: Positive and negative syndrome scale in forensic patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PANSS scale

N of studies

Mean difference

Heterogeneity

Publication bias

Estimate

CI 95 %

P-value

I2 (%)

Group heterogeneity

Begg’s test

Lower limit

Upper limit

Q

df (Q)

P-value

Tau

P-value

Positive

7

2.5

0.5

4.4

0.02

74.8%

23.8

6

0.00

−0.1

0.77

Negative

7

1.8

0.7

2.9

0.00

20.0%

6.2

6

0.39

−0.1

0.77

General

7

3.3

1.2

5.5

0.00

60.2%

15.0

6

0.02

−0.0

1.00

Total

3

7.7

− 3.0

18.3

0.16

83.8%

10.9

2

0.00

−0.3

1.00