Cognitive insight and functional outcome in schizophrenia; a multi-center collaborative study with the specific level of functioning scale –Japanese version

Publication date: December 2016 Source:Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, Volume 6 Author(s): Tomiki Sumiyoshi, Keiichiro Nishida, Hidehito Niimura, Atsuhito Toyomaki, Tsubasa Morimoto, Masayuki Tani, Ken Inada, Taiga Ninomiya, Hikaru Hori, Jun Manabe, Asuka Katsuki, Takamitsu Kubo, Yosuke Koshikawa, Masanao Shirahama, Kentaro Kohno, Toshihiko Kinoshita, Ichiro Kusumi, Akira Iwanami, Takefumi Ueno, Toshi Kishimoto, Takeshi Terao, Kazuyuki Nakagome The Specific Levels of Functioning Scale (SLOF) has been reported to provide a measure of social function in patients with schizophrenia. The aim of this multi-center study was to determine convergent validity of the Japanese version of SLOF, and if cognitive insight would be associated with social function. Fifty-eight patients with schizophrenia participated in the study. Social function, neurocognition, and daily activity skills were evaluated by the Social Functioning Scale (SFS), Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) and UCSD Performance-based Skills Assessment-Brief (UPSA-B), respectively. We also assessed cognitive insight with the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS). Significant relationships were noted between scores on the SLOF vs. those of the SFS, BACS, UPSA-B, and BCIS. Specifically, the correlation between performance on the UPSA-B and SLOF scores was significantly more robust compared to the correlation between performance on the UPSA-B and scores on the SFS. Similarly, the corr...
Source: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research