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What does PANSS stand for?

Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (schizophrenia)


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For example, the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) composite score dropped from a mean baseline of 62 points to 55 in the quetiapine arm but was unchanged over time in controls.
Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for Adults with a Developmental Disability (PAS-ADD), (24) The Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA), (21) The Diagnostic Assessment of the Severely Handicapped, (DASH II), (22) Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behavior, (29) Yale Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), (11) Global Assessment of Functioning scale (GAF), (6,26) Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), (16) The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD), (12,36) Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS), (15) Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC).
Instruments Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) is a 30-item rating scale completed by clinically trained research staff after a chart review and semistructured interview [39].
The primary endpoint of the trial was antipsychotic efficacy as measured by the mean change from baseline in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score for ACP-104 versus placebo.
No significant differences were found between any of the active treatments and placebo in terms of improvement in scores on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) at any of the weekly time points during the 6-week trial.
The primary endpoint of the trial is antipsychotic efficacy as measured using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, or PANSS, an industry standard rating scale commonly used in schizophrenia trials.
The primary outcome was defined as an improvement in me Clinical Global Impression (CGI) score of 1 ("very much improved") or 2 ("much improved"), and at least a 20% reduction in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) score.
Preliminary evidence of efficacy was obtained from the analysis of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scores, both of which are widely recognized measures of the severity of schizophrenia.

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