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WAIS-IV Performance in Patients With Schizophrenia.
Pilar TomásJuan Carlos RuizCarmen DasíInmaculada Fuentes-duráMarisa NavarroPilar Blascosubject
AdultMalebehavioral disciplines and activities03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineHealthy controlmedicineHumansVerbal comprehensionIn patientCognitive DysfunctionCognitive skillCognitive impairmentWechsler ScalesWechsler Adult Intelligence ScaleCognitionMiddle Agedmedicine.disease030227 psychiatryPsychiatry and Mental healthSchizophreniaSchizophreniaFemalePsychology030217 neurology & neurosurgeryClinical psychologydescription
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is one of the most widely used instruments to measure cognitive functioning. The aims of this study were 1) to obtain the cognitive profile of Spanish patients with schizophrenia on the WAIS-IV; 2) to compare their profile to the profile of a healthy control group; and 3) to compare the cognitive profile of patients with schizophrenia to the performance observed in two separate previous studies in Canada and China. A sample of 99 outpatients and 99 healthy control participants, matched on age, sex, and educational level, were measured using the WAIS-IV, including 10 core subtests, 4 indices, and 2 general intelligence scores, to obtain their cognitive profile. Results showed that only the performance on the Verbal Comprehension Index and its subtests was similar in the patient and control groups. This pattern of cognitive impairment was similar to the pattern reported in the Canadian and Chinese studies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | The Journal of nervous and mental disease |