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11458304

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0010-440X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
301-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Gender differences in a sample of schizophrenic outpatients.
pubmed:affiliation
Sant Joan de Déu, Serveis Salut Mental, Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't