Schizophrenia n=123 | Mood spectrum disorder n=82 | Chi2/Fisher | |||
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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 |
Negative symptoms | |||||
Withdrawal/social isolation | 66 (53.7%) | 1.,2 (4.4) | 26 (31.7%) | 13.2 (3.9) | 0.002* |
Poverty of speech | 42 (34.1%) | 14.7 (2.5) | 5 (6.1%) | 15.6 (1.3) | <0.0001* |
Emotional coldness | 34 (27.6%) | 15.4 (1.6) | 12 (14.6%) | 16 (1.3) | 0.029* |
Relational disturbances involving inhibition | 39 (31.7%) | 10.7 (4.9) | 24 (29.3%) | 7.9 (4.8) | 0.711 |
Reluctance/refusal of contact | 32 (26%) | 14.6 (2.7) | 13 (15.9%) | 15.1 (2.6) | 0.085 |
Avolition/aboulia | 44 (35.8%) | 15.5 (1.6) | 6 (7.3%) | 16.2 (1) | <0.0001* |
Self-neglect | 18 (14.6%) | 14.4 (2.1) | 3 (3.7%) | 12.7 (4.9) | 0.011* |
Stereotypies | 25 (20.3%) | 11.5 (5.6) | 0 (0%) | - | <0.0001* |
Positive and discordant symptoms | |||||
Bizarre behaviours | 62 (50.4%) | 14.7 (2.9) | 10 (12.2%) | 15.8 (1.2) | <0.0001* |
Disorganisation, dissociation | 42 (34.1%) | 15.1 (2.2) | 6 (7.3%) | 16 (1.3) | <0.0001* |
Atypical phobias | 6 (4.9%) | 13 (5.3) | 0 (0%) | - | 0.083 |
Fragmentation anxiety, fragmentation | 14 (11.4%) | 13.9 (3.7) | 3 (3.7%) | 14.7 (0.6) | 0.049* |
Thought disorders | 43 (35%) | 15 (2.2) | 3 (3.7%) | 15.7 (1.5) | <0.0001* |
Confabulation/invasive imagery | 16 (13%) | 14.3 (3) | 2 (2.4%) | 15.5 (0.7) | 0.009* |
Delusional ideation | 39 (31.7%) | 15.1 (2.1) | 6 (7.3%) | 16 (1.1) | <0.0001* |
Derealisation/depersonalisation | 20 (16.3%) | 14.9 (2.1) | 5 (6.1%) | 16 (1.4) | 0.029* |
Auditory hallucinations | 33 (26.8%) | 15.3 (1.4) | 7 (8.5%) | 15.3 (1.4) | 0.001* |
Visual hallucinations | 25 (20.3%) | 14.6 (2.1) | 5 (6.1%) | 15.4 (1.5) | 0.005* |
Cenesthetic hallucinations | 10 (8.1%) | 15.3 (2.8) | 1 (1.2%) | 15 | 0.053 |
Persecution, suspicion | 55 (44.7%) | 15.3 (1.6) | 12 (14.6%) | 15.3 (2.7) | <0.0001* |
Other delusions | 4 (3.3%) | 15.5 (1.3) | 2 (2.4%) | 16 (1.4) | 1.000 |
Other symptoms | |||||
Significant modification of behaviour/functioning | 64 (52%) | 14.9 (1.8) | 19 (23.1%) | 14.2 (2.2) | <0.0001* |
Diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | 3 (2.4%) | 11 (3.5) | 2 (2.4%) | 11 (5.7) | 1.000 |