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. 2021 Jun 22;8(8):1576–1591. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51363

Table 2.

Psychosis and perceptual abnormalities across the spectrum of ALS‐FTD.

ALS (n = 28) ALS‐P (n = 9) ALS‐FTD (n = 11) bvFTD (n = 27) Controls (n = 25) X 2 p value Effect size Post hoc X 2 p value
Psychosis present on CBI‐R (%) 18 22 55 39 5.36 0.15 0.271
CAPS ‐ Clinical Psychosis Factor
Symptom endorsed (%) 21.4 33.3 45.5 37 0 13.7 0.008 0.370 bvFTD > HC 11.464 0.001
ALS‐FTD > HC 13.196 <0.001
ALS‐P > HC 9.140 0.003
ALS > HC 6.04 0.01
Thought broadcast (%) 18 22 27 22 0 9.33 0.05 0.305
Thoughts repeated (%) 18 0 18 22 0 6.91 0.14 0.263
Third person voices (%) 7 11 27 11 0 6.25 0.17 0.254
Visual hallucinations (%) 11 0 18 22 0 8.28 0.09 0.287
CAPS – Perceptual Abnormality Domains
Auditory (%) 25 33 73 41 8 14.77 0.005 0.392 ALS‐FTD > ALS 7.6 0.006
ALS‐FTD > HC 13.42 <0.001
Visual (%) 14 22 55 26 4 13.06 0.011 0.363 ALS‐FTD > HC 11.97 <0.001
ALS‐FTD > ALS 6.71 0.01
Taste (%) 32 33 54 33 0 14.13 0.007 0.378 bvFTD > HC 9.71 0.002
ALS‐FTD > HC 15.8 <0.001
ALS > HC 9.33 0.002
Smell (%) 21.4 33 73 22 0 22.75 <0.001 0.479 ALS‐FTD > HC 21.874 <0.001
ALS‐P>HC 8.46 0.004
ALS‐FTD>bvFTD 8.57 0.003
ALS‐FTD>ALS 9.03 0.003
Touch (%) 46 56 82 33 4 23.7 <0.001 0.487 ALS‐FTD>bvFTD 7.37 0.007
ALS‐FTD>HC 23.06 <0.001
bvFTD>HC 7.2 0.007
ALS‐P>HC 12.1 0.001
ALS>HC 12.23 <0.001
Psychiatric (%) 4 22 36 33 0 17.7 0.001 0.42 bvFTD>ALS 8.19 0.004
ALS‐FTD>ALS 7.6 0.006
bvFTD>HC 10.08 0.002
ALS‐FTD>HC 10.28 0.001
Neuropathy (%) 43 33 64 19 4 18.5 0.001 0.43 ALS‐FTD>bvFTD 7.36 0.007
ALS‐FTD>HC 15.72 <0.001
ALS>HC 10.77 0.001

Values are expressed as percentages of the cohort experiencing at least one psychotic symptom and also each separate question for the CAPS – clinical psychosis factor. Values are also expressed as percentages of the cohort experiencing at least one perceptual abnormality for each CAPS perceptual abnormality domain. Significant values are highlighted in bold. X 2 represents the chi‐square value and effect size is measured as Kramer's V.