PMID- 11458304
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20011025
LR  - 20190906
IS  - 0010-440X (Print)
IS  - 0010-440X (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 4
DP  - 2001 Jul-Aug
TI  - Gender differences in a sample of schizophrenic outpatients.
PG  - 301-5
AB  - Our objective was to study gender differences in schizophrenia, comparing 
      clinical, social, and illness course characteristics. A sample of 239 
      schizophrenic (DSM-IV criteria) outpatients were administered the following 
      instruments: service use and demographic questionnaires, the Positive and 
      Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS), the Disability Assessment Scale (DAS), and the 
      Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale. The female to male ratio was 1/2. 
      Men had an earlier age at onset. Women were more likely to be married and to live 
      independently, and there were more unemployed men. Social functioning was 
      slightly better in women (lower DAS scoring). No differences were found in 
      symptomatological variables (global or separate PANSS scales), nor in type of 
      schizophrenia. Course of illness in the past year appeared to be similar, except 
      for longer hospital stays in men. We conclude that schizophrenic women had a 
      significantly better social functioning, despite the lack of remarkable 
      symptomatic differences between genders.
CI  - Copyright 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company
FAU - Usall, J
AU  - Usall J
AD  - Sant Joan de Deu, Serveis Salut Mental, Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Araya, S
AU  - Araya S
FAU - Ochoa, S
AU  - Ochoa S
FAU - Busquets, E
AU  - Busquets E
FAU - Gost, A
AU  - Gost A
FAU - Marquez, M
AU  - Marquez M
CN  - Assessment Research Group in Schizophrenia (NEDES)
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Compr Psychiatry
JT  - Comprehensive psychiatry
JID - 0372612
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Ambulatory Care
MH  - Disability Evaluation
MH  - Employment
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Schizophrenia/diagnosis/*therapy
MH  - Schizophrenic Psychology
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Social Behavior
EDAT- 2001/07/18 10:00
MHDA- 2001/10/26 10:01
CRDT- 2001/07/18 10:00
PHST- 2001/07/18 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/10/26 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/07/18 10:00 [entrez]
AID - S0010440X01649265 [pii]
AID - 10.1053/comp.2001.24582 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Compr Psychiatry. 2001 Jul-Aug;42(4):301-5. doi: 10.1053/comp.2001.24582.