Clinical Correlates Associated with Basic Ability of Social Life in Schizophrenia Inpatients ()
Affiliation(s)
1Department of Mental Health, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
2Department of Psychiatry, Jounan Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
3Department of Psychiatry, Daiichi Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
4Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
ABSTRACT
Objective: The aim of the
present study is to explore clinical factors associated with basic ability of
social life in schizophrenia inpatients. Methods: The subjects were 50
inpatients with schizophrenia (DSM-IV). Their mean age was 53.08 (SD = 12.08)
years. Social life functioning was evaluated using the Rehabilitation
Evaluation of Hall and Baker (REHAB). Cognitive function was assessed with the
Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) and clinical symptoms
with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), the Calgary Depression
Scale for Schizophrenia and the Drug-Induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms Scale
(DIEPSS). Results: The REHAB deviant behavior score showed a significant
correlation with the PANSS positive syndrome score (r = 0.55, p < 0.01) and the REHAB general
behavior score had significant correlations with the PANSS positive syndrome
score (r = 0.28, p < 0.05), the PANSS negative syndrome score (r = 0.53, p
< 0.01), and the DIEPSS score (r = 0.43, p < 0.01). However, there was no
significant correlation between the scores of the REHAB and the BACS.
Conclusion: These results suggest that negative and drug-induced extrapyramidal
symptoms are much more important factors related to lowered basic ability of
social life of schizophrenia inpatients than cognitive function.
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Chiba, S. , Tomotake, M. , Aono, M. , Toshimitsu, H. and Ohmori, T. (2016) Clinical Correlates Associated with Basic Ability of Social Life in Schizophrenia Inpatients.
Open Journal of Psychiatry,
6, 71-75. doi:
10.4236/ojpsych.2016.61008.