Staged clinical assessment: baseline and outcome scores. Multiple comparisons of mean scores before and afterwards treatment in UHPP between specific diagnostic groups with a Bonferroni post hoc test

Assessment instrumentDepressive disorders (a)Bipolar disorder (b)Psychosis (c)Personality disorders (d)TotalStatisticValuePpH
N = 53N = 26N = 32N = 19N = 130
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSD
BPRS-18 negative symptoms subscale
        On admission1.82.22.12.53.52.82.12.02.32.5F3.4220.019a < c*
        At discharge0.91.90.51.11.62.10.71.01.01.7X25.1300.163ns
BPRS-18 positive symptoms subscale
        On admission0.81.92.52.24.84.11.41.72.23.1X235.794< 0.001a < c***; a < b**; c > d*
        At discharge0.10.50.40.81.31.80.30.60.51.1X218.651< 0.001a < c***
BPRS-18 total
        On admission13.06.612.66.314.610.013.55.013.47.3F-w0.3250.807ns
        At discharge4.15.22.63.64.45.53.52.63.84.7X22.3860.496ns
MADRS-10 score
        On admission24.910.111.110.511.310.221.411.118.812.0F15.450< 0.001a > b, a > c***; c < d**; b < d*
        At discharge7.38.63.45.34.25.45.83.95.77.0X28.2300.041ns
HARS-14 score
        On admission16.59.68.65.98.87.015.58.512.99.0F8.710< 0.001a > b, a > c***; b < d, c < d*
        At discharge4.74.91.92.52.83.44.22.93.74.1X211.300.010a > b, b < d*

*** P < 0.001; ** P < 0.01; * P < 0.05; F: ANOVA; F-w: Welch’s ANOVA; X2: chi-square test; ns: not significant