Influence of demographic characteristics on attenuated positive psychotic symptoms in a young, help-seeking, at-risk population

Theodoridou, Anastasia; Hengartner, Michael Pascal; Heekeren, Karsten; Dvorsky, Diane; Schultze-Lutter, Frauke; Gerstenberg, Miriam; Walitza, Susanne; Rössler, Wulf

doi:10.1111/eip.12444

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Influence of demographic characteristics on attenuated positive psychotic symptoms in a young, help-seeking, at-risk population
Authors:	Theodoridou, Anastasia Hengartner, Michael Pascal Heekeren, Karsten Dvorsky, Diane Schultze-Lutter, Frauke Gerstenberg, Miriam Walitza, Susanne Rössler, Wulf
DOI:	10.1111/eip.12444
Published in:	Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Volume(Issue):	13
Issue:	1
Page(s):	53
Pages to:	56
Issue Date:	2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Wiley
ISSN:	1751-7885 1751-7893
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	616.89: Mental disorders, clinical psychology and psychiatry
Abstract:	Aim: Presentation of attenuated positive psychotic symptoms (APS) was reported to be modestly influenced by age, sex and education in a psychosis-risk sample. We re-examined the influence of demographic variables on APS in an independent psychosis-risk sample. Method: In a clinical high-risk-sample (N=188; 13-35 years; 60.1% men), bivariate correlations were examined with Spearman correlations. All other associations were computed with generalized linear models. Results: Inter-correlations between positive symptoms were statistically significant for all but the smallest coefficient (range: r = 0.12-0.49). Age was negatively related to APS (range: OR = 0.53-0.78, all P < .01). Male sex was uniquely related to disorganized communication (OR = 1.46) and a high education-level related negatively to suspiciousness/persecutory ideas (OR = 0.64), perceptual abnormalities/hallucinations (OR = 0.57) and disorganized communication (OR = 0.54). The variance explained by age ranged from R2 = 0.044 for unusual thought content to R2 = 0.144 for perceptual abnormalities. Conclusion: Our results highlighted the role of age and, thereby, neurodevelopment in psychosis-risk assessment.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2232
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License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Theodoridou, A., Hengartner, M. P., Heekeren, K., Dvorsky, D., Schultze-Lutter, F., Gerstenberg, M., Walitza, S., & Rössler, W. (2019). Influence of demographic characteristics on attenuated positive psychotic symptoms in a young, help-seeking, at-risk population. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13(1), 53–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12444

Theodoridou, A. et al. (2019) ‘Influence of demographic characteristics on attenuated positive psychotic symptoms in a young, help-seeking, at-risk population’, Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13(1), pp. 53–56. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12444.

A. Theodoridou et al., “Influence of demographic characteristics on attenuated positive psychotic symptoms in a young, help-seeking, at-risk population,” Early Intervention in Psychiatry, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 53–56, 2019, doi: 10.1111/eip.12444.

THEODORIDOU, Anastasia, Michael Pascal HENGARTNER, Karsten HEEKEREN, Diane DVORSKY, Frauke SCHULTZE-LUTTER, Miriam GERSTENBERG, Susanne WALITZA und Wulf RÖSSLER, 2019. Influence of demographic characteristics on attenuated positive psychotic symptoms in a young, help-seeking, at-risk population. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2019. Bd. 13, Nr. 1, S. 53–56. DOI 10.1111/eip.12444

Theodoridou, Anastasia, Michael Pascal Hengartner, Karsten Heekeren, Diane Dvorsky, Frauke Schultze-Lutter, Miriam Gerstenberg, Susanne Walitza, and Wulf Rössler. 2019. “Influence of Demographic Characteristics on Attenuated Positive Psychotic Symptoms in a Young, Help-Seeking, At-Risk Population.” Early Intervention in Psychiatry 13 (1): 53–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12444.

Theodoridou, Anastasia, et al. “Influence of Demographic Characteristics on Attenuated Positive Psychotic Symptoms in a Young, Help-Seeking, At-Risk Population.” Early Intervention in Psychiatry, vol. 13, no. 1, 2019, pp. 53–56, https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12444.