First Rank Symptoms and Neurological Soft Signs in Schizophrenia
Table 5
Spearman Rho correlation between Total Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) and SANS Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) and neurological soft signs of schizophrenia with and without first rank symptoms scores.
Total SAPS score
Total SANS score
Total abnormality score (0–125)
−0.075 (0.567)
0.167 (0.203)
Soft signs
−0.075 (0.567)
0.150 (0.251)
Mirror movements
0.059 (0.654)
0.105 (0.426)
Cranial nerves
0.035 (0.790)
0.250 (0.054)
Domain II: cognitive functions
0.004 (0.973)
0.030 (0.817)
Domain III: reflexes
−0.078 (0.554)
0.348 (0.006)**
Domain IV: sensory
−0.107 (0.416)
0.037 (0.777)
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).