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Could PANSS be a useful tool in the determining of the stages of schizophrenia? A clinically operational approach.

ΤίτλοςCould PANSS be a useful tool in the determining of the stages of schizophrenia? A clinically operational approach.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsDragioti, E., Wiklund T., Siamouli M., Moutou K., & Fountoulakis K. N.
JournalJ Psychiatr Res
Volume86
Pagination66-72
Date Published2017 03
ISSN1879-1379
Λέξεις κλειδιάAdult, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Disease Progression, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Sex Factors
Abstract

Staging in schizophrenia might be an important approach for the better treatment and rehabilitation of patients. The purpose of this study was to empirically devise a staging approach in a sample of stabilized patients with schizophrenia. One hundred and seventy patients aged ≥18 years (mean = 40.7, SD = 11.6) diagnosed by DSM-5 criteria were evaluated with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Principal components analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation was used. The model was examined in the total sample and separately across a hypothesized stage of illness based on three age groups and between the two sexes. The PCA revealed a six factor structure for the total sample: 1) Negative, 2) Positive, 3) Depression and anxiety, 4) Excitement and Hostility, 5) Neurocognition and 6) Disorganization. The separate PCAs by stage of illness and sex revealed different patterns and quality of symptomatology. The Negative and Positive factors were stable across all examined groups. The models corresponding to different stages differed mainly in terms of neurocognition and disorganization and their interplay. Catatonic features appear more prominent in males while in females neurocognition takes two forms; one with disorganization and one with stereotype thinking with delusions. This study suggests that the three arbitrary defined stages of illness (on the basis of age) seem to reflect a progress from a preserved insight and more coherent mental functioning to disorganization and eventually neurocognitive impairment. Sexes differ in terms of the relationship of psychotic features with neurocognition. These results might have significant research and clinical implications.

DOI10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.11.013
Alternate JournalJ Psychiatr Res
PubMed ID27940386

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