Research Article

Correlates of Caregiver Burden among Family Members of Patients with Schizophrenia in Lagos, Nigeria

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of the patients.

VariableMean (SD)

Positive PANSS scale score 21.87 (6.54)
Negative PANSS scale score13.33 (3.24)
General PANSS scale score35.63 (9.42)
Total PANSS score70.83 (16.78)
Duration of illness (years)34.63 (6.64)
Number of episodes 5.50 (2.31)
Number of admission 1.10 (1.12)