Successful evaluation of cognitive function and the nature of cognitive deficits among people with schizophrenia in clinical rehabilitation settings
| Autor: | Marie Sevastos, Elizabeth Moore, Kim Yeak, Helen Ayres, Alexander Panickacheril John |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Composite score medicine.medical_treatment education.educational_degree Psychiatric rehabilitation Schizoaffective disorder Severity of Illness Index Tertiary Care Centers 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Cognition medicine Humans Cognitive Dysfunction Cognitive skill Cognitive rehabilitation therapy Psychiatry education Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Rehabilitation Australia Middle Aged medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Schizophrenia Female Psychology Rehabilitation interventions 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. 24(4) |
| ISSN: | 1440-1665 |
| Popis: | Objectives: Despite possessing considerable relevance for planning and delivery of effective rehabilitation interventions, systematic evaluation of cognitive function is often ignored in clinical practice. This paper describes a successful method for measuring cognitive function and the nature of cognitive deficits (CD) in people with schizophrenia admitted to psychiatric rehabilitation services. Methods: Data on the cognitive functioning of consecutive patients with schizophrenia / schizoaffective disorder admitted during a 5-year period to a public in-patient rehabilitation facility was collated retrospectively and analysed. The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) was used to evaluate cognitive function. Results: It was possible to administer the BACS to 122 of 135 consecutive admissions. The mean composite score on the BACS was 1.8 standard deviations below the norm, and 43% had moderate or severe CD. The BACS sub-tests of list learning and symbol coding revealed more severe deficits. Conclusions: The study indicates that evaluation of cognitive function using brief instruments is feasible in psychiatric rehabilitation settings. Global and domain-specific CD were prevalent among people with schizophrenia. In view of the strong association of cognitive functioning with community functioning and rehabilitation outcomes, further studies exploring the feasibility and utility of routinely evaluating cognitive function are warranted. |
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