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Reliability and Diagnostic Validity of A Novel Visual Disturbance Subjective Experience Scale in Chinese Patients with Schizophrenia

Jianjie Huang 1 , Xueqin Song 2 , Yong Xu 3 , Lina Wang 4 , Yacheng Li 4 , Hongjun Tian 4 , Yonghui Zhang 4 , Gongying Li 5 , Chunhua Zhou 6 , Chuanjun Zhuo 5 , Haiping Yu 1
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Wenzhou Seventh People’s Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Centre, Wenzhou

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Zhengzhou University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Biological Psychiatry International Joint Laboratory of Henan and Zhengzhou University, Henan Psychiatric Transformation Research Key Laboratory, Zhengzhou

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First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Department of Psychiatry and First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, MDT Center for Cognitive Impairment and Sleep Disorders, Taiyuan

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Tianjin Anding Hospital, Department of Psychiatric-Neuroimaging-Genetics and Comorbidity Laboratory (PNGC_Lab), Tianjin

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Jining Medical University, School of Mental Health, Department of Biological Psychiatry, Jining

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The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Department of Pharmacology, Shijiazhuang, China

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2020; 30: 307-312
DOI: 10.5455/PCP.20200302022126
Keywords : schizophrenia, visual distortion, BSABS-visual perception scale, reliability, validity
Read: 1924 Downloads: 688 Published: 20 January 2021
Volume 30, Issue 3, August 2020
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Background: Visual abnormalities are common among patients with schizophrenia and have been associated with retinal thickness impairment (RTI). A reliable tool for assessing altered visual experiences in this population is not yet available. The objective of this work was to establish a novel scale based on visual perception disturbance (VPD) items extracted from the Bonn Scale for the Assessment of Basic Symptoms (BSABS) and to examine the scale’s reliability and validity in Chinese patients with schizophrenia.

Methods: A total of 100 first-diagnosed, non-medicated patients with schizophrenia (FUSCH) and 100 healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled. The reliability of our BSABS-based visual perception subjective experience scale (VPSES), called the BSABS-VPSES, was assessed by calculating the inter-rater correlational coefficient for five psychiatrists’ patient evaluations. The discriminative validity of the BSABS-VPSES was determined by assessing the relationship between VPD symptom scores and RTI severity as determined by optical coherence tomography (OCT) performed by two ophthalmologists.

Results: The BSABS-VPSES provided reliable data (Cronbach’s α = 0.90), and BSABS-VPSES scores correlated with RTI magnitude (r = 0.88, 0.84, and 0.65, for mild-, moderate-, and severe-grade RTI groups, respectively; all p < 0.05), affirming the scale’s validity. Using the BSABS-VPSES, we found that 67% of FUSCH patients had VPD symptoms and that 52% of FUSCH patients had both VPD symptoms and an RTI.

Conclusions: The BSABS-VPSES scale provides reliable and valid results in Chinese FUSCH patients. This scale can be used to assess VPD symptom severity in people with schizophrenia and may contribute to future personalized treatment plans.

To cite this article: Huang J, Song X , Xu Y, Wang L, Li Y, Tian H, Zhang Y, Li G, Zhou C, Zhuo C, Yu H. Reliability and Diagnostic Validity of A Novel Visual Disturbance Subjective Experience Scale in Chinese Patients with Schizophrenia. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2020;30(3):307-312

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