Effectiveness of a social cognition remediation intervention for patients with schizophrenia: a randomized-controlled study

Table 1 Characterization of the study sample and group comparisons on demographic and clinical variables at baseline

	SoCIAL (n = 20)	TAU (n = 20)	t- χ²/p- value
Age	37.15 ± 9.96	36.70 ± 9.44	0.147/0.884
Gender (M/F)	15/5	13/7	0.476/0.490
Education (years)	11.8 ± 2.46	12.10 ± 2.00	0.423/0.675
Diagnosis (Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective)	20/0	20/0	–
PANSS positive	8.00 ± 2.77	8.25 ± 2.61	0.293/0.771
PANSS negative	13.30 ± 4.85	9.30 ± 4.23	2.781/0.008*
PANSS disorganization	2.50 ± 1.05	2.50 ± 1.19	0.000/1.000
MCCB neurocognitive composite score	30.00 ± 13.04	28.15 ± 14.64	0.395/0.695
FEIT total score	35.00 ± 8.96	35.25 ± 10.22	0.082/0.935
TASIT—emotion evaluation test	22.30 ± 4.63	22.10 ± 6.14	0.116/0.908
TASIT—minimal social inference	37.90 ± 11.27	39.05 ± 13.07	0.298/0.767
TASIT enriched social inference	36.40 ± 11.17	37.15 ± 13.12	0.195/0.847
UPSA total score	64.05 ± 22.83	65.35 ± 18.64	0.197/0.845
SLOF interpersonal relationships	21.80 ± 4.95	25.00 ± 4.99	2.035/0.049^*
SLOF everyday life skills	45.30 ± 5.34	47.65 ± 5.40	1.383/0.175
SLOF work skills	19.60 ± 4.10	21.45 ± 5.17	1.250/0.219

Mean ± Standard Deviation for age, years of education, and the scores of PANSS, SLOF, UPSA, MCCB, FEIT and TASIT; frequency for gender
SoCIAL Social Cognition Individualized Activity Lab, TAU Treatment As Usual, PANSS Positive And Negative Symptom Scale, MCCB MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, FEIT Facial Emotion Identification Test, TASIT The Awareness of Social Inference Test, UPSA UCSD Performance-based Skills Assessment, SLOF Specific Levels Of Functioning
^*The difference does not remain significant after controlling for multiple tests
^**Statistically significant difference between groups after Bonferroni correction for multiple tests (p < 0.003)

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