Table 2 Functional and anxiety-related symptoms in the childhood psychiatric history of adults presenting schizophrenia and mood spectrum disorder (n=205)
Schizophrenia n=123 | Mood spectrum disorder n=82 | Chi2/Fisher | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | Number of Patients (% of the population) | Age at Onset (in years) Mean (SD) | Number of Patients (% of the population) | Age at Onset (in years) Mean (SD)° | p value |
Functional symptoms | |||||
Anorexia | 35 (28.4%) | 13.1 (4.9) | 23 (28%) | 13 (4.9) | 0.799 |
Binge eating disorder | 7 (5.7%) | 13.4 (2.3) | 9 (11%) | 11.8 (4.6) | 0.167 |
Polydipsia | 3 (2.4%) | 16.7 (0.6) | 0 (0%) | - | 0.276 |
Bulimia | 2 (1.6%) | 9.5 (9.2) | 10 (8.1%) | 13.6 (4.3) | 0.004* |
Other eating disorders | 10 (8.1%) | 10 (6.4) | 15 (18.2%) | 9.3 (6.3) | 0.029* |
Sleep disorders | 60 (48.8%) | 13.3 (4.7) | 46 (56.1%) | 12.1 (5.1) | 0.304 |
Parasomnias | 27 (22%) | 14 (3.2) | 21 (25.6%) | 12.9 (5) | 0.545 |
Enuresis | 16 (13%) | 7.3 (3.2) | 7 (8.5%) | 4.7 (2.7) | 0.320 |
Encopresis | 8 (6.5%) | 5.6 (2.9) | 0 (0%) | - | 0.023* |
Anxiety-related symptoms | |||||
Anxiety/separation anxiety | 59 (48%) | 11.7 (4.9) | 52 (63.4%) | 11.3 (4.9) | 0.030* |
Mental distress/panic attacks | 64 (52%) | 14 (3.1) | 38 (46.3%) | 12.5 (4.2) | 0.425 |
Obsessional elements | 23 (18.7%) | 12.5 (4.1) | 7 (8.5%) | 9 (5) | 0.044* |
Psychosomatic symptoms | 25 (20.3%) | 14 (3.1) | 23 (28%) | 15 (2) | 0.201 |
Phobic elements | 31 (25.2%) | 13.8 (4.1) | 4 (4.9%) | 14.7 (2.1) | <0.0001* |
Anxiety-related school refusal | 20 (16.3%) | 14.1 (3.7) | 8 (9.8%) | 15.5 (1.7) | 0.184 |