The self-assessment scale of cognitive complaints in schizophrenia: a validation study in Tunisian population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a huge well-documented literature on cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, little is known about the own perception of patients regarding their cognitive functioning. The purpose of our study was to create a scale to collect subjective cognitive complaints of patients suffering from schizophrenia with Tunisian Arabic dialect as mother tongue and to proceed to a validation study of this scale.

Methods

The authors constructed the Self-Assessment Scale of Cognitive Complaints in Schizophrenia (SASCCS) based on a questionnaire covering five cognitive domains which are the most frequently reported in the literature to be impaired in schizophrenia. The scale consisted of 21 likert-type questions dealing with memory, attention, executive functions, language and pr

SUBMITTER: Johnson I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2766383 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature