Naslov
Handedness in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis

Autori
Dragović, Milan ; Hammond, Geoff

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
8th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry

Mjesto i datum
Beč, Austrija, 28.06.2005. - 03.07.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
schizophrenia; handedness; meta-analysis; prevalence

Sažetak
This work evaluates evidence of various anomalous handedness subtypes in schizophrenia patients published during the last three decades. Using meta-analsys we examined over 40 studies with reported prevalence data on various handedness subtypes in a schizophrenia population. Combined odds ratios for the three common handedness subtypes (left, mixed, and right) were separately calculated. Each of the three atypical hand dominance patterns (left-, mixed-, and non-right handedness) were significantly greater in schizophrenia patients than in control subjects. The results also showed that the leftward shift in handedness distribution is not entirely due to an increase in mixed-handedness alone. An increase of exclusive left-handedness is discordant with the assertion that the handedness shift in schizophrenia patients is due to a diffuse and bilateral hemispheric insult.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Psihologija

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