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. 2010 Oct 28;38(3):531–542. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbq117

Table 3.

Prevalence of Specific Delusions in Groups With (1) Any Delusion but No Hallucinations (2) Combination of Any Delusion and Any Hallucination

% With Specific Delusion in Group With Any Delusion but No Hallucination, (n, %)
% With Specific Delusion in Group With Combination of Any Hallucination With Any Delusion, (n, %)
Psychotic Symptom T2 (n = 451) T3 (n = 205) T2 (n = 78) T3 (n = 43) T2–T3,a OR (95% CI)
Being spied on 155 (34.4) 68 (33.2) 31 (39.7) 15 (34.9) 1.2 (0.8, 1.8)
Being followed 86 (19.1) 28 (13.7) 21 (26.9) 12 (27.9) 1.7 (1.1, 2.7)***
Being tested 102 (22.6) 64 (31.2) 23 (29.5) 14 (32.6) 1.4 (0.9, 2.2)
Conspiracy 114 (25.3) 45 (22.0) 33 (42.3) 20 (46.5) 2.4 (1.7, 3.7)*
Loved by stranger 57 (12.6) 24 (11.7) 15 (19.2) 9 (20.9) 1.8 (1.1, 3.1)***
Can read thoughts 69 (15.3) 20 (9.8) 20 (25.6) 10 (23.3) 2.1 (1.3, 3.3)**
Can hear thoughts 41 (9.1) 16 (7.8) 14 (18.0) 7 (16.3) 2.2 (1.3, 3.8)**
Thoughts being heard 21 (4.7) 9 (4.4) 10 (12.8) 9 (20.9) 4.0 (2.1, 7.3)*
Controlled by force 15 (3.3) 6 (2.9) 6 (7.7) 3 (7.0) 2.4 (1.0, 5.8)***
Being given thoughts 10 (2.2) 1 (0.5) 2 (2.6) 1 (2.3) 1.5 (0.4, 5.5)
Thoughts being taken 3 (0.7) 1 (0.5) 3 (3.9) 3 (7.0) 8.7 (2.3, 33.6)**
Messages 8 (1.8) 6 (2.9) 5 (6.4) 9 (20.9) 6.3 (2.9, 14.0)*
Book/song solely for person 33 (7.3) 11 (5.4) 13 (16.7) 7 (16.3) 2.7 (1.5, 4.8)*
Influenced by strange force 18 (4.0) 7 (3.4) 7 (9.0) 5 (11.6) 2.9 (1.4, 5.8)**
Forced to move 11 (2.4) 4 (2.0) 4 (5.1) 6 (14.0) 4.0 (1.7, 9.3)*
a

T2 and T3 associations tested jointly with data in the long format.

*P ≤ .001; **P ≤ .01; ***P < .05.