PROGNOSIS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
- 1 August 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 159 (2) , 137-140
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-197408000-00008
Abstract
The prognostic power of the Elgin Prognostic Scale (EPS) was studied using three criteria: hospital status (in or out) 9 months after admission, hospital status after 5 years, and number of days in the hospital over 5 years. The EPS predicted 9-month hospital status and days in the hospital over 5 years about equally well (r = .29 and .30). Heterosexual achievement, as indicated by either marital history or by item I of the EPS, predicted days in the hospital somewhat better (r = .41 in each case). The EPS predicts somewhat more effectively when applied only to extreme groups.Keywords
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