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. 2022 Jul 25;8(4):e143. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.544

Table 3.

Visual hallucination phenomenology: North-East Visual Hallucination Interview (NEVHI) section 1 and clinician-rated

Diagnostic group
SCZ (n = 19), mean (s.d.) PTSD (n = 17), mean (s.d.) SCZ + PTSD (n = 20), mean (s.d.) F(2,53) P Proportion experiencing the symptoms (%)
NEVHI section 1
Complex visual hallucinations 0.6 (0.5) 0.9 (0.2) 0.8 (0.4) 2.68 0.08 79
Illusions 0.5 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.5 (0.5) 0.43 0.65 45
Presence 0.7 (0.5) 0.8 (0.4) 0.9 (0.4) 0.73 0.49 77
Passing shadow 0.6 (0.5) 0.8 (0.4) 0.7 (0.5) 1.26 0.29 70
Other visual experiences 0.4 (0.5) 0.7 (0.5) 0.6 (0.5) 1.54 0.22 57
Simple visual hallucinations 0.3 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.6 (0.5) 1.66 0.20 45
Total 3.1 (2.0) 4.0 (1.5) 4.0 (2.0) 1.57 0.22 91
Clinician-rated
Complex visual hallucinations 0.4 (0.5) 0.7 (0.5) 0.6 (0.5) 1.92 0.16 48
Simple visual hallucinations 0.2 (0.4) 0.5 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 1.60 0.21 36
Illusions 0.8 (0.4) 0.5 (0.5) 0.7 (0.5) 0.93 0.40 59

SCZ, schizophrenia; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.