October 17, 2007Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Social functioning as an outcome measure in schizophrenia studies

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Population

Schizophrenia studies assessing social functioning

Design

Systematic_review

Authors

TBTom BurnsIscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa DPD. McGorry PatrickEmergency Nurses Association

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Implication

Clinicians should interpret social functioning outcomes in schizophrenia trials cautiously; leaves open the urgent need for consensus-validated scales.

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Population

Schizophrenia studies assessing social functioning (301 articles identified, including 14 randomized controlled trials of antipsychotics)

Intervention

Social functioning scales

Outcome

Scales used most frequently to assess social functioning and their psychometric properties

There is limited consensus on the definition and measurement of social functioning in schizophrenia, highlighting the need for standardized tools like the Personal and Social Performance Scale.

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Burns et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7562401646b2abe503696a https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01108.x

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Implication

Clinicians should interpret social functioning outcomes in schizophrenia trials cautiously; leaves open the urgent need for consensus-validated scales.

Social functioning as an outcome measure in schizophrenia studies

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Social functioning as an outcome measure in schizophrenia studies

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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