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Negative symptoms and social and occupational functioning differentiate systematic paraphrenia from schizophrenia: results from a cross-sectional study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

L.A. Fernandes ,
B. Trancas ,
T. Maia  and
N. Borja Santos
L.A. Fernandes*
Affiliation:
Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca EPE, Psychiatry, Amadora, Portugal
B. Trancas
Affiliation:
Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca EPE, Psychiatry, Amadora, Portugal
T. Maia
Affiliation:
Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca EPE, Psychiatry, Amadora, Portugal
N. Borja Santos
Affiliation:
Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca EPE, Psychiatry, Amadora, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Kraepelin’s systematic paraphrenia (SP) has been historically used to identify a group of patients in the psychosis-spectrum with good global functioning and reduced impairment in volition and emotions.

Objectives

Cross-sectional study comparing a group of patients with SP with another with schizophrenia (SZ).

Methods

We consecutively recruited SP cases from a single centre. SZ cases were selected to match those in the SP group in terms of age and sex. We diagnosed SP using the Munro Criteria and SZ using ICD-10. We collected standard sociodemographic and clinical data. All patients were under follow-up in a community mental health team at the time of the study. We used PANSS total score (PANSS-TS) to assess disease severity and its subscales to evaluate positive (PANSS-P) and negative (PANSS-N) symptoms, and general psychopathology (PANSS-GP). We applied SOFAS to assess social and occupational functioning.

Results

We recruited 32 patients, 16 with a diagnosis of SP and 16 with a diagnosis of SZ. The two groups did not differ in terms of sociodemographic data. SP cases showed lower values for PANSS-TS (SP: mean=51.63±12.49; SZ=77.76±14.12; p<0.001), PANSS-NS (SP: mean=15.50±5.97; SZ: mean=26.06±5.39; p<0.001), and PANSS-GP (SP: mean=24.31±5.51; SZ: mean=37.13±5.62; p<0.001). Groups did not differ in terms of positive symptoms. SOFAS scores were significantly higher in SP (SP: median=68, interquartile range (IQR)=19; SZ: median=41, IQR=24; p<0.01). PNSS-NS negatively correlated with SOFAS only in the SP group (r=-0.716; p=0.002).

Conclusions

SP differs from SZ in negative symptoms and social and occupational functioning. These findings suggest clinical features can differentiate SP from SZ.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

paraphreniaschizophrénianegative symtpomsPsychosis
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S794
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