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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the sample

From: Assessment of functioning in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder with the Mini-ICF-APP: a validation study in Italy

Characteristics

Statistics

Diagnosis N (%)

 Schizophrenia

32 (43.2)

 Schizoaffective disorders

42 (56.8)

Age at onset

 Mean ± SD

22.83 (10.06)

 Range

13–53

Duration of untreated psychosis

 Mean months ± SD

26.05 (53.85)

 Range

24–564

Comorbidities N (%)

 Anxiety disorders

7 (9.5)

 Personality disorders

8 (11.0)

 Alcohol abuse/dep

9 (12.3)

 Other subst abuse/dep

16 (21.9)

Previous clinical course N (%)

 Episodic with remission

11 (14.9)

 Episodic without remission

17 (23.0)

 Continuous

42 (56.8)

 Non specified

4 (5.4)

Previous hospital adm N (%)

 Yes

47 (63.5)

 No

27 (36.5)

Previous suicide attempts N (%)

 Yes

20 (27)

 No

54 (73)

Previous legal problems N (%)

 Yes

6 (8.1)

 No

68 (91.9)

Treatments N (%)

 Antipsychotics

74 (100.0)

 Mood stabilizers

17 (23.0)

 Antidepressants

19 (25.7)

 Anxiolytics

42 (56.7)

 Other

13 (17.6)

 Psychotherapy

9 (12.1)

 Rehabilitation programmes

16 (21.6)

Remission N (%)

 Clinical

40 (54.1)

 Functional

22 (29.7)

 Clinical + functional (recovery)

20 (27.0)