Limited changes in activities of daily life performance ability among people with schizophrenia at clinical settings and the factors moderating the changes

ConclusionsImpairment of ADL ability is recalcitrant in schizophrenia. The improvement was modest and occurred only in a proportion of participants. However, promisingly, chronic illness, low baseline ADL ability, treatment with clozapine and presence of treatment-resistant schizophrenia did not have an adverse effect on the outcome.
Source: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research