Yuqing Gu, Yu Li, Lihua Xu, Tianhong Zhang, Huiru Cui, Yanyan Wei, Mengqing Xia, Wenjun Su, Yingying Tang, Xiaochen Tang, Dan Zhang, Xu Liu, Jijun Wang
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Abstract
Background and hypothesis: Given that fixation stability is closely linked to cognition, we investigated fixation stability in patients at different stages of schizophrenia, its relationship with cognitive impairments, and its predictive role for conversion to psychosis.
Study design: Fixation stability was measured by bivariate contour ellipse area (BCEA), and cognition was assessed by the Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia Consensus Cognitive Battery for 75 patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES), 75 patients with clinical high-risk (CHR) syndrome, and 75 healthy controls (HCs). After a 1-year longitudinal study, CHR follow-up outcomes were classified as CHR-converters and CHR-nonconverters. Diagnostic model for clinical stages and prediction model for conversion were constructed using logistic regression and Cox regression, respectively.
Study results: Patients exhibited fixation instability and cognition impairments compared to HC, with impairments increasing from CHR to FES. In CHR, BCEA negatively correlated with Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia Consensus Cognitive Battery scores, but this correlation was absent in FES. Diagnostic model effectively discriminated HC and FES, with an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.914. Among 66 CHR followed up for 1 year, 13 have converted to schizophrenia, with a conversion rate of 19.70%. When divided into large and small BCEA groups (33 each), the conversion rate was 27.27% and 12.12%. Conversion prediction model achieved an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.708.
Conclusions: Our results indicate that fixation instability worsens with schizophrenia progression, which is associated with cognitive impairments. Additionally, BCEA may serve as a biomarker for predicting conversion to psychosis.
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Schizophrenia Bulletin seeks to review recent developments and empirically based hypotheses regarding the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia. We view the field as broad and deep, and will publish new knowledge ranging from the molecular basis to social and cultural factors. We will give new emphasis to translational reports which simultaneously highlight basic neurobiological mechanisms and clinical manifestations. Some of the Bulletin content is invited as special features or manuscripts organized as a theme by special guest editors. Most pages of the Bulletin are devoted to unsolicited manuscripts of high quality that report original data or where we can provide a special venue for a major study or workshop report. Supplement issues are sometimes provided for manuscripts reporting from a recent conference.
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