Table 5

Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale Scores in the 13 Subjects With Dyskinesia at Baseline

ESRS Subscale or Item

Possible Range of Scores

Mean Baseline Score (± SD)

Mean Endpoint Score (± SD)

P Value for Change From Baseline*

(df, test value)

Subjective overall rating (items 1–11)

0–33

4.38 ± 3.28

3.00 ± 4.02

0.2277

(12, T = -1.27)

Physician's examination for parkinsonism (items 13–30)

0–108

9.85 ± 8.21

3.23 ± 3.19

0.0161

(12, T = -2.80)

Physician's examination for akathisia (item 28)

0–6

2.00 ± 1.58

0.69 ± 0.95

0.0083

(12, T = -3.16)

Physician's examination for dyskinesia (items 51–57)

0–42

5.46 ± 3.60

2.23 ± 3.17

0.0166

(12, T = -2.78)

CGI of severity of parkinsonism (item 59)

0–8

1.08 ± 1.44

0.15 ± 0.38

0.0395

(12, T = -2.31)

CGI of severity of dystonia (item 60)

0–8

0.92 ± 1.50

0.08 ± 0.28

0.0591

(12, T = -2.09)

CGI of severity of dyskinesia (item 58)

0–8

2.00 ± 1.22

0.85 ± 1.41

0.0119

(12,T = -2.96)

ESRS indicates Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale; SD, standard deviation; CGI, Clinical Global Impressions.

*Two-sided P value for paired T test.

Pandina et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2007 1:3   doi:10.1186/1753-2000-1-3