Clinical Study
Dimensions of Hallucinations and Delusions in Affective and Nonaffective Illnesses
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of the patients of affective and nonaffective groups.
| | Variables | Groups | | df | P | | Affective () n (%) | Nonaffective () n (%) |
| | Stressor | | | | | | | Present | 7 (23) | 9 (30) | 0.341 | 1 | 0.559 | | Absent | 23 (77) | 21 (70) | | Onset | | | | | | | Acute | 21 (70) | 2 (7) | 25.452 | 1 | 0.000* | | Insidious | 9 (30) | 28 (93) | | Course | | | | | | | Episodic | 21 (70) | 5 (17) | 17.376 | 1 | 0.000* | | Continuous | 9 (30) | 24 (80) | | Fluctuating | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | | Progress | | | | | | | Deteriorating | 30 (100) | 29 (97) | 0.000 | 1 | 1.000 | | Static | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | | Treatment history | | | | | | | Yes | 14 (47) | 11 (37) | 0.617 | 1 | 0.432 | | No | 16 (53) | 19 (63) | | Past history | | | | | | | Yes | 22 (73) | 5 (17) | 19.461 | 1 | 0.000* | | No | 8 (27) | 25 (83) | | Family history | | | | | | | Yes | 10 (33) | 15 (50) | 1.714 | 1.0 | 0.190 | | No | 20 (67) | 15 (50) | | Degree of relationship | | | | | | | First degree | 9 (30) | 8 (27) | 5.273 | 2 | 0.072 | | Other | 1 (3) | 7 (23) | | No | 20 (67) | 15 (50) | | Support | | | | | | | Adequate | 29 (97) | 29 (97) | 0.000 | 1 | 1.000 | | Inadequate | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | | Number of episodes | | | | | | | 1 | 1 (3) | 25 (83) | 39.871 | 4 | 0.000* | | 2 | 7 (23) | 1 (3) | | 3 | 13 (43) | 2 (7) | | 4 | 5 (17) | 1 (3) | | 5 | 4 (13) | 1 (3) | | Form of voice | | | | | | | Nil | 17 (57) | 8 (27) | 5.554 | 1 | 0.018* | | 2nd person and 3rd person | 13 a(43) | 22 (73) |
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