Research Article

Long-Acting Injectable Second-Generation Antipsychotics Improve Negative Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in Recent Diagnosed Schizophrenia Patients: A 1-Year Follow-up Pilot Study

Table 2

Mean changes in clinical and psychosocial features from baseline to 12-month follow-up in recent schizophrenia and in long-term schizophrenia patients.

ā€‰Recent SZ (n=10)Long-term SZ (n=15)
Mean T0 (SD)/Mean T1 (SD)Mean T0 (SD)/Mean T1 (SD)

GAF 43.6 (7.8)/56.4 (9.5)40.1 (11.3)/49.0 (7.5)

PANSS Pos9.2 (4.6)/6.8 (3.8)11.5 (4.5)/6.6 (2.5)

PANSS Neg13.7 (6.7)/11.5 (5.1)16.7 (6.6)/15.1(5.0)

PANSS Dis/Con 7.0 (1.8)/5.8 (1.8)7.9 (2.8)/6.9 (2.6)

PANSS Exc8.2 (3.8)/5.0 (1.9)9.3 (5.4)/5.5 (2.4)

PANSS Dep6.8 (3.7)/5.8 (2.6)6.1 (3.4)/5.5 (2.9)

IS severity1.9 (2.3)/0.5 (1.6)1.13 (2.1)/0.5 (1.8)

IS intensity6.8 (8.4)/1.2 (3.8)3.9 (7.1)/2.5 (5.5)

RSQ21.2 (6.1)/23.4 (6.6)22.4 (3.9)/23.6 (5.1)

Social cognition80.6 (8.0)/83.5 (14.9)81.9 (12.1)/84.3 (8.4)

=p<0.05; =p<0.001.