title: Schizophrenia-specific basic symptoms. A successful replication.
abstract: Several investigations showed that the Frankfurt Complaint Questionnaire (FCQ) has no diagnostic specificity. However, in a preceding study two new FCQ subscales were developed: FCQ-S, sensitive to schizophrenia, and FCQ-A, sensitive to alcoholism. The aim of the present study was to replicate the diagnostic sensitivity of those subscales. Four groups were considered: schizophrenics with marked negative symptoms (n = 25); schizophrenics with no or mild negative symptoms (n = 25); alcoholics (n = 25); patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (n = 15). FCQ original subscales and total score did not differ between groups. As expected, in FCQ-S both schizophrenic groups had significantly higher scores than the other groups; FCQ-A failed to show group differences but was significantly related to alcoholism markers.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Hamburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mass
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weigel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klepsch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity