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. 2023 Jul 7;14:1209485. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1209485

Table 7.

Association of the contents of attenuated and brief intermittent psychotic symptoms with country, multi-nominal regression analysis (N = 232).

SIPS No. Beta SEa Wald (df = 1) pa Exp (Beta) 95% CI; lower 95% CI; upper
England
P1B Experiences of mind being read −8.729 75.133 0.013 0.908 0.000 1.8 E-68 >1 Mio.
P1C Ideas that own thoughts could become real 16.631 9,375.49 3.0 E-6 0.999 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Ideas that own actions would influence the surrounding 17.337 9,375.57 3.0 E-6 0.999 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Numbers have special meaning −9.213 281.243 0.001 0.974 9.9 E-5 4.0 E-244 >1 Mio.
P1C Ideas that others take over the patient's self/personality −0.007 9,374.97 5.8 E-13 1.0 0.993 0.000 n.c.b
P1D Belief in fate 0.166 949.052 3.1 E-8 1.0 1.180 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Ideas that things in the surrounding have a special meaning (no ideas of reference) −3.922 160.469 0.001 0.980 0.020 5.1 E-139 >1 Mio.
P1D Hypochondriac ideas −7.735 79.138 0.010 0.922 0.000 1.9 E-71 >1 Mio.
P1E Ideas of being pregnant 19.408 4,433.22 1.9 E-5 0.997 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P1D Identity confusion (patient thinks s/he is someone else) −8.890 239.300 0.001 0.970 0.000 2.8 E-208 >1 Mio.
P1D Ideas of jealousy −0.850 260.186 1.1 E-5 0.997 0.427 1.5 E-222 >1 Mio.
P2 General mistrust −7.705 63.615 0.015 0.904 0.000 3.2 E-58 >1 Mio.
P2 Mistrust against friends −7.682 121.662 0.004 0.950 0.000 1.3 E-107 >1 Mio.
P2 Paranoid ideas of reference involving friends/family 2.945 1.545 3.632 0.057 19.016 0.920 393.206
P2 Ideas that others wish the patient ill 7.675 2,407.59 1.0 E-5 0.997 2,153.29 0.000 n.c.b
P2 Ideas that others would exploit the patient 7.873 216.516 0.001 0.971 2,626.56 1.3 E-181 >1 Mio
P2 Ideas of being excluded −9.435 84.876 0.012 0.911 7.9 E-5 4.5 E-77 >1 Mio
P2 Ideas that others intend to physically harm the patient 0.205 1.154 0.031 0.859 1.227 0.128 11.773
P3 Grandiose ideas of being a god/higher being 16.456 9,375.61 3.0 E-6 0.999 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P4B Hearing sounds made by non-living objects 0.032 1.232 0.001 0.979 1.032 0.092 11.541
P4B Hearing one's own name being called 1.122 1.133 0.980 0.322 3.070 0.333 28.295
P4 Hearing of God's voice 35.819 4,435.55 6.5 E-5 0.994 >1 Mio 0.000 n.c.b
P4C Sensing the presence of deceased persons 8.721 9,375.28 8.6 E-7 0.999 6,132.79 0.000 n.c.b
P4C Illusions of objects moving 0.166 949.052 3.1 E-8 1.0 1.180 0.000 n.c.b
P4C Distinct visual hallucinations 0.927 1.790 0.268 0.605 2.526 0.076 84.395
P4C Seeing a person's shape 1.831 2.455 0.556 0.456 6.241 0.051 766.724
P4C Confusion of persons 7.424 987.288 5.7 E-5 0.994 1,676.41 0.000 n.c.b
P4D Painful bodily sensation −7.891 85.776 0.008 0.927 0.000 3.6 E-77 >1 Mio.
P4 Gustatory hallucinations −1.665 949.054 3.0 E-6 0.999 0.189 0.000 n.c.b
P5 Derailment (self-experienced) −0.729 2,404.52 9.2 E-8 1.0 0.482 0.000 n.c.b
Switzerland
P1B Experience of mind being read 1.724 0.963 3.208 0.073 5.608 0.850 36.993
P1C Ideas that own thoughts could become real 16.858 3,429.28 2.4 E-5 0.996 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Ideas that own actions would influence the surrounding 17.318 3,429.28 2.6 E-5 0.996 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Numbers have special meaning −8.970 267.515 0.001 0.973 0.000 2.5 E-232 >1 Mio.
P1C Ideas that others take over the patient's self/personality 18.390 3,429.28 2.9 E-5 0.996 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P1D Belief in fate 9.136 910.101 1.0 E-4 0.992 9,283.03 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Ideas that things in the surrounding have a special meaning (no Ideas of reference) 0.496 154.733 1.0 E-5 0.997 1.642 3.2 E-132 >1 Mio.
P1D Hypochondriac ideas −7.742 77.007 0.010 0.920 0.000 1.2 E-69 >1 Mio.
P1E Ideas of being pregnant 0.440 0.000 n.c.b n.c.b 1.553 1.553 1.553
P1D Ideas of not being a human being −8.647 227.620 0.001 0.970 0.000 3.1 E-198 >1 Mio.
P1D Ideas of jealousy −0.231 322.109 5.2 E-7 0.999 0.793 5.3 E-275 >1 Mio.
P2 General mistrust −0.093 1.475 0.004 0.949 0.911 0.051 16.417
P2 Mistrust against friends 3.492 1.820 3.682 0.055 32.860 0.928 1,163.39
P2 Paranoid ideas of reference involving friends/family −6.268 57.825 0.012 0.914 0.002 1.1 E-52 >1 Mio.
P2 Ideas that others wish the patient ill −3.150 2,303.20 2.0 E-6 0.999 0.043 0.000 n.c.b
P2 Ideas that others would exploit the patient 0.583 221.665 7.0 E-6 0.998 1.792 3.7 E-189 >1 Mio.
P2 Ideas of being excluded 1.264 1.264 0.999 0.318 3.539 0.297 42.174
P2 Ideas that others intend to physically harm the patient 0.098 1.184 0.007 0.934 1.103 0.108 11.233
P3 Grandiose ideas of being a god/higher being 24.408 3„430.14 5.1 E-5 0.994 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P4B Hearing sounds made by non-living objects −8.696 43.472 0.040 0.841 0.000 1.7 E-41 >1 Mio.
P4B Hearing one's own name being called 0.200 1.302 0.024 0.878 1.222 0.095 15.664
P4 Hearing of God's voice −4.776 0.000 n.c.b n.c.b 0.008 0.008 0.008
P4C Sensing the presence of deceased persons 16.666 3,429.28 2.4 E-5 0.996 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P4C Illusions of objects moving 9.136 910.101 1.0 E-4 0.992 9,283.03 0.000 n.c.b
P4C Distinct visual hallucinations −7.292 81.549 0.008 0.929 0.001 2.6 E-73 >1 Mio.
P4C Seeing a person's shape −8.887 132.485 0.004 0.947 0.000 2.3 E-117 >1 Mio.
P4C Confusion of persons 16.811 968.490 3.0 E-4 0.986 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P4D Painful bodily sensation 1.447 1.245 1.351 0.245 4.251 0.370 48.804
P4 Gustatory hallucinations 18.023 919.694 3.8 E-4 0.984 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P5 Derailment (self-experienced) 7.732 2,304.65 1.1 E-5 0.997 2,280.62 0.000 n.c.b
Finland
P1 Experiences of mind being read 1.055 0.965 1.197 0.274 2.873 0.434 19.029
P1C Ideas that own thoughts could become real −1.395 7,851.01 3.2 E-8 1.0 0.248 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Ideas that own actions would influence the surrounding 9.732 7,851.23 2.0 E-6 0.999 16,852.67 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Numbers have special meaning −8.656 227.646 0.001 0.970 0.000 2.9 E-198 >1 Mio.
P1C Ideas that others take over the patient's self/personality −0.516 7,851.01 4.3 E-9 1.0 0.597 0.000 n.c.b
P1D Belief in fate 0.248 794.777 9.8 E-8 1.0 1.282 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Ideas that things in the surrounding have a special meaning (no ideas of reference) −13.632 109.730 0.015 0.901 1.2 E-6 4.8 E-100 >1 Mio.
P1D Hypochondriac ideas 2.099 0.865 5.889 0.015 8.155 1.497 44.415
P1E Ideas of being pregnant 0.755 0.000 n.c.b n.c.b 2.128 2.128 2.128
P1D Ideas of not being a human being −8.332 193.697 0.002 0.966 0.000 3.2 E-169 >1 Mio.
P1D Ideas of jealousy 10.834 82.551 0.017 0.896 50,698.65 2.7 E-66 >1 Mio.
P2 General mistrust 1.095 1.130 0.938 0.333 2.988 0.326 27.392
P2 Mistrust against friends −8.389 107.560 0.006 0.938 0.000 6.3 E-96 >1 Mio.
P2 Paranoid ideas of reference involving friends/family 3.042 1.563 3.787 0.052 20.938 0.979 447.988
P2 Ideas that others wish the patient ill 22.876 886.104 0.001 0.979 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
P2 Ideas that others would exploit the patient 8.908 85.814 0.011 0.917 7,387.53 6.7 E-70 >1 Mio.
P2 Ideas of being excluded −10.072 58.621 0.030 0.864 4.2 E-5 5.3 E-55 >1 Mio.
P2 Ideas that others intend to physically harm the patient 1.271 0.710 3.201 0.074 3.565 0.886 14.349
P3 Grandiose ideas of being a god/higher being −3.670 7,851.01 2.2 E-7 1.0 0.025 0.000 n.c.b
P4B Hearing sounds made by non-living objects 0.507 1.173 0.187 0.666 1.660 0.167 16.537
P4B Hearing one's own name being called −7.942 45.149 0.031 0.860 0.000 1.3 E-42 >1 Mio.
P4 Hearing of God's voice 8.088 0.000 n.c.b n.c.b 3,255.94 3255.94 3,255.94
P4C Sensing the presence of deceased persons −1.571 7,851.01 4.0 E-8 1.0 0.208 0.000 n.c.b
P4C Illusions of objects moving 0.248 794.777 9.8 E-8 1.0 1.282 0.000 n.c.b
P4C Distinct visual hallucinations 1.537 1.159 1.759 0.185 4.649 0.480 45.047
P4C Seeing a person's shape 1.833 1.394 1.728 0.189 6.250 0.407 96.038
P4C Confusion of persons −6.013 800.328 5.6 E-5 0.994 0.002 0.000
P4D Painful bodily sensation −8.828 62.741 0.020 0.888 0.000 5.8 E-58 >1 Mio.
P4 Gustatory hallucinations −1.584 794.778 4.0 E-6 0.998 0.205 0.000 n.c.b
P5 Derailment (self-experienced) 14.222 879.552 2.6 E-4 0.987 >1 Mio. 0.000 n.c.b
Italy
P1B Experiences of mind being read 0.103 1.246 0.007 0.934 1.109 0.096 12.761
P1C Ideas that own thoughts could become real 0.897 6,922.56 1.7 E-8 1.0 2.452 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Ideas that own actions would influence the surrounding 1.176 6,922.56 2.9 E-8 1.0 3.242 0.000 n.c.b
P1C Numbers have special meaning 2.754 1.259 4.785 0.029 15.702 1.332 185.158
P1C Ideas that others take over the patient's self/personality 0.042 6,922.56 3.7 E-11 1.0 1.043 0.000 n.c.b
P1D Belief in fate 14.461 347.157 0.002 0.967 >1 Mio. 6.0 E-290 >1 Mio.
P1C Ideas that things in the surrounding have a special meaning (no ideas of reference) 10.249 58.145 0.031 0.860 28,242.65 9.1 E-46 >1 Mio.
P1D Hypochondriac ideas 1.834 0.863 4.518 0.034 6.257 1.154 33.935
P1E Ideas of being pregnant 0.937 0.000 n.c.b n.c.b 2.553 2.553 2.553
P1D Ideas of not being a human being −8.150 164.928 0.002 0.961 0.000 1.2 E-144 >1 Mio.
P1D Ideas of jealousy 10.011 82.559 0.015 0.903 22,265.55 1.2 E-66 >1 Mio.
P2 General mistrust −0.063 0.959 0.004 0.948 0.939 0.143 6.152
P2 Mistrust against friends 3.434 1.431 5.757 0.016 30.989 1.875 512.095
P2 Paranoid ideas of reference involving friends/family 2.096 1.504 1.942 0.163 8.135 0.427 155.110
P2 Ideas that others wish the patient ill −3.392 1,775.52 4.0 E-6 0.998 0.034 0.000 n.c.b
P2 Ideas that others would exploit the patient 10.650 85.809 0.015 0.901 42,203.99 3.8 E-69 >1 Mio.
P2 Ideas of being excluded −0.176 1.461 0.014 0.904 0.839 0.048 14.694
P2 Ideas that others intend to physically harm the patient 0.895 0.731 1.499 0.221 2.448 0.584 10.262
P3 Grandiose ideas of being a god/higher being −1.895 6,922.56 7.5 E-8 1.0 0.150 0.000 n.c.b
P4B Hearing sounds made by non-living objects −0.701 0.978 0.513 0.474 0.496 0.073 3.375
P4B Hearing one's own name being called 1.675 0.796 4.429 0.035 5.340 1.122 25.413
P4 Hearing of God's voice −2.600 0.000 n.c.b n.c.b 0.074 0.074 0.074
P4C Sensing the presence of deceased persons −0.061 6,922.56 7.9 E-11 1.0 0.940 0.000 n.c.b
P4C Illusions of objects moving 14.461 347.157 0.002 0.967 >1 Mio. 6.0 E-290 >1 Mio.
P4C Distinct visual hallucinations 0.845 1.214 0.484 0.486 2.327 0.216 25.105
P4C Seeing a person's shape −18.142 89.917 0.041 0.840 1.3 E-8 3.8 E-85 >1 Mio.
P4C Confusion of persons 0.046 356.841 1.7 E-8 1.0 1.047 1.9 E-304 >1 Mio.
P4D Painful bodily sensation 1.745 0.904 3.731 0.053 5.728 0.975 33.665
P4 Gustatory hallucinations 32.603 358.611 0.008 0.928 >1 Mio. 8.1 E-292 n.c.b
P5 Derailment (self-experienced) 0.093 1,775.52 2.7 E-9 1.0 1.097 0.000 n.c.b

Reference group: Germany, GoF: χ(120)2 = 169.272; p = 0.002; Nagelkerke's R2 = 0.558. aBootstrapping could not be conducted successfully. “Use of inadequate words” (P5) was completely redundant with “Derailment (self-experienced)” (P5) and, thus, not included in the analyses. bn.c., not calculable due to zero cases with present item in reference group. P1 “unusual thought content/delusional ideas” with B: section “first rank symptoms”, C: section “overvalued beliefs”, D: section “other unusual thoughts/delusional ideas”, and E: section “non-persecutory ideas of reference.” P2 “suspiciousness/persecutory ideas.” P3 “grandiose ideas.” P4 “perceptual abnormalities/hallucinations”; with B: section “auditory distortions, illusions, hallucinations”, C: section “visual distortions, illusions, hallucinations”, D: section “somatic distortions, illusions, hallucinations”, and E: section “olfactory and gustatory distortions, illusions, hallucinations.” P5 “disorganized communication.” “Use of inadequate words” and “Identity confusion” were included in the regression analysis, but due to redundancy not represented in the results by SPSS.