2012
Psychopathology, rehospitalization and quality of life among patients with schizophrenia under home care case management in Taiwan
Chang L, Lin Y, Chang H, Chen Y, Huang W, Liu C, Liu C, Hwu H. Psychopathology, rehospitalization and quality of life among patients with schizophrenia under home care case management in Taiwan. Journal Of The Formosan Medical Association 2012, 112: 208-215. PMID: 23537867, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.01.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative symptom subscale scoreSymptom subscale scoresAssociated with higher positive symptomsPositive and Negative Syndrome ScaleSubscale scoresGeneral psychopathology scoreNegative Syndrome ScaleSocio-occupational dysfunctionAssessment of FunctioningDuration of rehospitalizationPANSS scoresPositive symptomsSyndrome ScalePatients' psychopathologyPsychopathology scoresPsychopathologySchizophreniaLength of inpatient stayQuality of lifeCase managementNon-ICMDecrease rehospitalizationCase management programGAFRehospitalization rates
2010
Patient subgroups of schizophrenia based on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale: composition and transition between acute and subsided disease states
Huang G, Tsai H, Hwu H, Chen C, Liu C, Hua M, Chen W. Patient subgroups of schizophrenia based on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale: composition and transition between acute and subsided disease states. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2010, 52: 469-478. PMID: 21193177, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive and Negative Syndrome ScaleNegative Syndrome ScaleNegative symptomsSyndrome ScaleWhole syndromeFlorid symptomsNeurobiological studies of schizophreniaPartial syndromesSubgroup of schizophreniaStudies of schizophreniaReality distortionAcute schizophreniaNeurocognitive variablesLatent class analysisNeurobiological studiesSchizophreniaSymptom patternsPatient subgroupsAcute stateClass analysisSociodemographic variablesPAN dataSymptomsHostilityRegression extension