Table 1

Background information and general intellectual measures in the patients

Patient Sex Age Education/best occupation Duration of schizophrenia Orientation score Orientation failures MMSE score Estimated premorbid IQ Current IQ Carer ratings
1Female27O levels9 y13/20Duration of stay, day, season, place, cap. Italy19/309970Memory difficulties
Bank clerkDisorientation
Gets lost
Difficulty dressing
Incontinent
2Female31Secondary school17 y7/20Age, duration of stay, year, day, month, PM, monarch20/309556Memory difficulties
Never worked1-151 cannot manage money
Incontinent
3Female34Secondary school Care assistant15 y12/20Age, duration of stay, month, season, PM, cap. Italy22/3010274Memory difficulties Disorientation
4Male40O levels23 y15/20Age, season, duration of stay, cap. Italy24/3011368Memory difficulties
Never worked1-151 Disorientation
5Male56Secondary school25 y11/20Age, year, day, place, person, cap. Italy21/309277Memory difficulties
Draughtsman
6Male58PhD23 y12/20Age, year, place, PM, cap. Italy18/30—1-150 —1-150 Memory difficulties
Glass blowerCannot carry out simple household tasks
Difficulty dressing
 7Female63Secondary school26 y13/20Age, year, duration of stay, season, cap. Italy22/3010889Memory difficulties
Clerical workCannot manage money
Difficulty feeding self
Incontinent
 8Female64Secondary school30 y11/20Duration of stay, day, season, place, monarch, cap. Italy27/3010979Memory difficulties
Driver in armed forcesDisorientation
Cannot manage money
Difficulty feeding self
Difficulty dressing
Doubly incontinent

  • ↵1-150 Patient's first language not English.

  • ↵1-151 Patient became ill before leaving school.