title: Stereopsis deficits in patients with schizophrenia in a Han Chinese population.
abstract: Although cognitive and sensory deficits have been identified as a core feature of schizophrenia, only a small portion of visual sensorium has been explored. To date, studies on visual system of three-dimensional percepts based on two-dimensional information still are limited. This study is the first to examine the integrity of stereopsis of schizophrenia in a Han Chinese population, and to further investigate the correlation of stereopsis with clinical symptoms. 100 patients with schizophrenia and 80 healthy controls were recruited. We assessed stereoacuity using the Titmus Stereopsis Test and clinical symptoms using Chinese versions of the Scales for the Assessment of Positive and Negative Symptoms (SAPS and SANS). There was a significant difference in log seconds of arc between two groups (p < 0.0001). The percentage of patients with correct stereopsis detection was significantly reduced at 400, 200, 140, 100, 80, 60, 50, and 40 seconds of arc than healthy controls (all, p < 0.01). Log seconds of arc in patients was not correlated with total scores and subscores of SAPS and SANS (all, p > 0.05). Our findings support that patients with schizophrenia have a marked deficit of stereopsis in a Han Chinese population. However, clinical symptoms do not influence stereopsis of schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Wenzhou Kangning Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR China. huili004100@126.com.|Institute of Mental Health, Suzhou Psychiatric Hospital, The Affiliated Guangji Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, PR China. huili004100@126.com.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Center of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, PR China.
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sen Xia
authors.affiliation: Vision Research Laboratory, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, PR China.
authors.forename: An
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shu Tang
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Center of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, PR China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng Zhou
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Suzhou Psychiatric Hospital, The Affiliated Guangji Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, PR China.
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhong Yin
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Center of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, PR China.
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Long Hu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mental Health, Suzhou Psychiatric Hospital, The Affiliated Guangji Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong Du
authors.affiliation: Vision Research Laboratory, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, PR China. ytang@mail.ustc.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003710:Demography; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*