Zahid Nazar, Mian Mukhtar-ul Haq, Fazle Rabbani, Nazish Zahoor, Naila Riaz Awan.
Symptomatic and general functioning in schizophrenic patients: five years follow up at outpatient department.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;10(1):17-20.

Objective: To compare the level of global assessment of functioning and scores on PANSS of schizophrenic patients with 5years follow up. Design: Descriptive observational study. Place and Duration of the study: This study was conducted at department of Psychiatry Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar from March 2007 to May 2012. Subject and Methods: A sample of 44 patients diagnosed as schizophrenics were included through consecutive sampling. All patients were enrolled in SMI (i.e. Severe Mental Illness) they came for regular assessment once in a month. All patients were assessed on Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale(PANSS) and Global Assessment of Functioning(GAF) at baseline and at five years follow up. Results: Statistically significant difference was found between scores of PANSS and GAF at baseline and follow up. Conclusion: We concluded from our study that there is negative correlation between the score on PANSS and the level of GAF at baseline as well as at five years follow up.

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