Psychiatry Journal / 2014 / Article / Tab 3 / Clinical Study
First Rank Symptoms and Neurological Soft Signs in Schizophrenia Table 3 Comparison of age of onset of psychosis and duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) scores, and Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) scores between schizophrenia patients with and without first rank symptoms.
Variables Schizophrenia with FRS Schizophrenia without FRS
(df)
Age of onset of psychosis 28.52 (6.69) 25.80 (6.63) 1.58 (58) 0.093 0.762 DUP (in months) 19.85 (36.26) 11.33 (23.03) 1.09 (58) 2.220 0.142 Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms Schizophrenia with FRS Schizophrenia without FRS Mann-Whitney
test
Global rating of severity of hallucinations 40.27 20.73 157.00 0.0001*** Global rating of delusion 32.62 28.38 386.50 0.336 Global rating of bizarre behaviour 28.27 32.73 383.00 0.294 Global rating of FTD 25.27 35.73 293.00 0.003** Total SAPS score 36.07 24.93 283.00 0.013* Scale for the Assessment of Negative symptoms Schizophrenia with FRS Schizophrenia without FRS Mann-Whitney
test
Global rating of affective flattening 26.37 34.63 326.00 0.050 Global rating of alogia 28.07 32.93 377.00 0.237 General rating of avolition and apathy 26.37 34.63 326.00 0.054 Global rating of anhedonia and asociality 27.35 33.65 355.50 0.147 Global rating of attention 25.30 35.70 294.00 0.015* Total SANS score 23.52 37.48 240.50 0.002**
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