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Sustained Favorable Long-term Outcome in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: a 3-Year Prospective Observational Study by Gebra B Cuyún Carter; Denái R Milton; Haya Ascher-Svanum; Douglas E Faries is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.
## Background This study of chronically ill patients with schizophrenia aimed to identify patients who achieve sustained favorable long-term outcome - when the outcome incorporates severity of symptoms, level of functioning, and use of acute care services - and to identify the best baseline predictors of achieving this sustained favorable long-term outcome. ## Methods Using data from the United States Schizophrenia Care and Assessment Program (US-SCAP) (N = 2327), a large 3-year prospective, multisite, observational study of individuals treated for schizophrenia in the US, a hierarchical cluster analysis was performed to group patients based upon baseline symptom severity. Symptom severity was assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) scores, level of functioning, and use of acute care services. Level of functioning reflected patient-reported productivity and clinician-rated occupational role functioning. Use of acute care services reflected self-reported psychiatric hospitalization and emergency service use. Change of health state was determined over the 3-year period. A patient was classified as having a sustained favorable long-term outcome if their health
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- Author
- Gebra B Cuyún Carter; Denái R Milton; Haya Ascher-Svanum; Douglas E Faries
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1471-244X)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Psychology (Social Sciences)