Schizophrenia and Digital-Palmar Dermatoglyphics

The study was a cross-sectional study involving the recruitment of 69 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and 106 apparently healthy individuals with no family history of psychiatric illness from a community as a control. Following ethical clearance and informed consent, patients’ demographics and clinical history were obtained from the patient’s hospital folder. A structured questionnaire and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) were used to document the biodata and assess the history of psychiatric illness among the control study participants. The digito-palmar dermatoglyphics of each study participant was obtained using CanoScan LiDE 90.