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ArticleInternational journal of methods in psychiatric research2018

The Frankfurt Complaint Questionnaire for self-assessment of basic symptoms in the early detection of psychosis-Factor structure, reliability, and predictive validity.

Martina Uttinger, Erich Studerus, Sarah Ittig, Ulrike Heitz, Frauke Schultze-Lutter, Anita Riecher-Rössler

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Martina UttingerCenter for Gender Research and Early Detection, University of Basel Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2510-6680
Erich StuderusCenter for Gender Research and Early Detection, University of Basel Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Sarah IttigCenter for Gender Research and Early Detection, University of Basel Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Ulrike HeitzCenter for Gender Research and Early Detection, University of Basel Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Frauke Schultze-LutterUniversity Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Anita Riecher-RösslerCenter for Gender Research and Early Detection, University of Basel Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6361-8789

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objectivesPatients with schizophrenia often experience subtle disturbances in several domains of information processing-so-called basic symptoms (BS). BS are already present before onset of frank psychosis and can be assessed by interviews but also by the self-administered Frankfurt Complaint Questionnaire (FCQ). We investigated the factor structure, reliability, and predictive validity for transition to psychosis of the FCQ, comparing previously proposed factor solutions containing 1, 2, 4, and 10 factors.

methodsConfirmatory factor analysis was used in a sample of 117 at-risk mental state and 92 first-episode psychosis participants of the Basel FePsy (early detection of psychosis) study.

resultsAlthough all factor models fitted to the data, the 2- or 4-factor solutions performed best among the models that used at least half of the FCQ items, suggesting the covariance between FCQ items is best explained by 2 to 4 underlying factors. No FCQ-scale predicted transition to psychosis.

conclusionWe could confirm a 2- to 4-factor structure of the FCQ in a sample of at-risk mental state and first-episode psychosis patients using confirmatory factor analysis. Contrary to interview-assessed cognitive-perceptive BS, self-assessed BS do not seem to improve prediction of psychosis. This result reinforces reports of poor correspondence between interview- and questionnaire-assessed BS.

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Diagnostic Self EvaluationAdultFemaleHumansMalePrognosisPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychotic DisordersReproducibility of ResultsSchizophreniaSelf ReportYoung Adultbasic symptomsconfirmatory factor analysisFrankfurt Complaint Questionnaireprediction of psychosisself-assessment

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