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satisfactory classification as it is not an exact diagnosis and there are forms that have
quite different phenomenology. Some studies simply tested ward groups (which can be
very variable) and in many cases there was no operational criteria typical of a common
symptom picture.
Other study effects: It was impossible to control for experience of art, as the vast
majority of studies did not describe the psychiatric history of their patients. Although
one or two tried to control for art experience, their reliance on formal or school education
tended to favour the controls and did not account for therapy sessions, which could be
part of a patient's life for many years.
Time: the studies were spread fairly evenly over the 22 year period; 50% of the studies
either side of 1986.
Table 4. T-tests were performed to compare the means of ordinal demographic variables
by Year of Study.
GROUP 1 = YEARS 1973-1977 (12 CASES); GROUP 2 = YEARS 1992-1996 (18 CASES)
df=28 for all variables
Variable
Group--
No. Subjects 1
(Condition 1) 2
Age 1
3=13-18; 2
5=18-60; 6=60+
Sex 1
1=male; 2
2=female; 3=mixed
Matched 1
Controls(age/sex) 2
match 1=yes; 2=no
No. Judges 1
2
No. Measures 1
2
mean Standard
Deviation
33.50
39.22
4.83
4.83
2.83
2.61
1.58
1.61
0.67
0.78
1.42
2.44
26.62
38.56
0.58
0.92
0.58
0.70
0.51
0.50
0.99
1.35
0.79
3.31
Standard
Error
7.68
9.09
0.17
0.22
0.17
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.28
0.32
0.23
0.78
94
T
Value
-0.45 0.66 NS
0.00 1.00 NS
0.91 0.37 NS
-0.15 0.88 NS
-0.24 0.81 NS
-1.05 0.30 NS
Pooled Variance
2-tailed probability