Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2013 Jun 25;129(3):211–220. doi: 10.1111/acps.12165

Table 4. Correlation between Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) item scores and Schedule of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS) delusions/hallucinations scores.

BPRS – Items Spearman coefficients
SADS Delusions SADS Hallucinations
1 Somatic concern 0.15 * 0.02
2 Anxiety 0.18 ** -0.14 *
3 Emotional withdrawal 0.21 *** 0.10
4 Conceptual disorganization 0.10 -0.01
5 Guilt feelings 0.02 0.08
6 Tension 0.12 0.07
7 Mannerisms and posturing 0.01 -0.00
8 Grandiosity -0.02 0.05
9 Depressive mood 0.06 -0.01
10 Hostility -0.02 0.03
11 Suspiciousness 0.27 *** 0.13 *
12 Hallucinatory behaviour 0.11 0.87 ***
13 Motor retardation 0.16 ** 0.03
14 Uncooperativeness 0.13 * 0.06
15 Unusual thought content 0.28 *** 0.26 ***
16 Blunted affect 0.19 ** 0.13 *
17 Excitement 0.04 0.07
18 Confusion 0.00 0.05

Spearman correlation analysis for BPRS item scores versus the SADS item scores regarding delusions and hallucinations at baseline (n=259). SADS delusion score range = 3-7. SADS hallucination score range = 1-3. Score range on all BPRS items = 1-7.

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001.