Study of Fingerprinting In Patients with Schizophrenia
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https://doi.org/10.48165/Keywords:
Schizophrenia, Fingerprint Pattern, Ridge Counts, DermatoglyphicAbstract
In the recent decades, a considerable improvement has been achieved in the concept of relation between the types of pattern of lines on the fingers and psychiatric disorders.The study was conducted with the aim to find out association of fingerprint pattern and ridge count between schizophrenic patients and normal individuals.In this study we had examined fingerprint pattern and ridge count of right and left index finger. A total of 76 known cases of schizophrenic patients based on DSM-V diagnostic criteria were selected from out-patient psychiatry department and 76 controls were selected randomly from the staff and students of the North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling. It was observed thatloop pattern is overall commonest in both case and control group but arch pattern is comparatively more common in schizophrenic patients then that of the control group. Significant difference found between left and right index finger ridge counts between the case and control groups and men with schizophrenia had higher mean ridge count for both index fingers than normal men (p <0.05) while for women this difference was not significant.
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