PANSS {Surrogate}

PANSS subscales and total score based on the data of five clinical trials in schizophrenia

Description

These are the PANSS subscale and total scale scores of five clinical trial in schizophrenia. A total of 1941 patients were treated by 126 investiagators (psychiatrists). There were two treatment conditions (risperidone and control). Patients' schizophrenic symptoms were measured using the PANSS (Kay et al., 1988).

Usage

data(PANSS)

Format

A data.frame with 1941 observations on 9 variables.

Pat.Id

The patient ID.

Treat

The treatment indicator, coded as -1 = active control and 1 = Risperidone.

Invest

The ID of the investigator (psychiatrist) who treated the patient.

Neg

The Negative symptoms scale score.

Exc

The Excitement scale score.

Cog

The Cognition scale score.

Pos

The Positive symptoms scale score.

Dep

The Depression scale score.

Total

The Total PANSS score.

References

Kay, S.R., Opler, L.A., & Lindenmayer, J.P. (1988). Reliability and validity of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for schizophrenics. Psychiatric Research, 23, 99-110.