Cognitive Performance associated to functional outcomes in stable outpatients with schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background–objective

Prevalence data of cognitive impairment in Schizophrenia based on large population samples are scarce. Our goal is to relate cognition and functional outcomes, and estimate prevalence of cognitive impairment in a large sample of schizophrenia outpatients treated with second-generation antipsychotics.

Method

A cross-sectional outpatient evaluation conducted during follow-up visits. Selection criteria included six-months stable treatment. The brief battery, EPICOG-SCH, covered four cognitive domains related to functional outcomes: working memory (WAIS-III-Letter-Number-Sequencing), executive function (Category Fluency Test; CFT), verbal memory (WMS-III-Logical-Memory), and information processing speed (Digit-Symbol-Coding and CF

SUBMITTER: Zaragoza Domingo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5779297 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature