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Cognitive deficit in schizophrenia and its remediation

PŘIKRYLOVÁ KUČEROVÁ, Hana, Helena FEJFAROVÁ, Petra BARTOŇOVÁ and Radovan PŘIKRYL

Basic information

Original name

Cognitive deficit in schizophrenia and its remediation

Name in Czech

Kognitivní deficit u schizofrenie a jeho remediace

Name (in English)

Cognitive deficit in schizophrenia and its remediation

Authors

PŘIKRYLOVÁ KUČEROVÁ, Hana, Helena FEJFAROVÁ, Petra BARTOŇOVÁ and Radovan PŘIKRYL

Edition

2nd Scizophrenia International Research Society Conference, 2010

Other information

Language

Czech

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

30000 3. Medical and Health Sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.374

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

ISSN

UT WoS

000276936801350

Keywords (in Czech)

kognitivní deficit, remediace, schizofrenie

Keywords in English

cognitive deficit, remediation, schizophrenia

Tags

Reviewed

Abstract

V originále

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterized by a variety of signs and symptoms. Since its earliest conception as “dementia praecox“ (i.e. early onset dementia), impaired cognitive function has also been considered a core feature. Research into cognition and schizophrenia over the past years has recently been growing. Cognitive deficit is a virtually omni-present component of schizophrenic psychopathology, independent of other aspects of schizophrenia. It underlays other symptoms of schizophrenia and affects the success of therapy, ability of social adaptation and patients’ quality of life. Cognitive skills in schizophrenia predict social functioning and may serve as outcome measures in the development of effective treatment strategies. One of the possibilities of non-pharmacological improvement of cognitive function is remediation using computer rehabilitation software. It has been proved as an effective method. In our study we found global positive effect of aproximately bimonthly (20sessions) training of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia using computer rehabilitation software PSS CogRehab. Except verbal fluency, which appears stationary during training of cognitive function, all others domains of cognitive function improved during rehabilitation using computer training of cognitive function. The biggest improvement we located in these domains: psychomotor speed, auditive reaction time and verbal learning and memory, where improvement in neuropsychological tests reached statistically significant difference.

In English

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterized by a variety of signs and symptoms. Since its earliest conception as “dementia praecox“ (i.e. early onset dementia), impaired cognitive function has also been considered a core feature. Research into cognition and schizophrenia over the past years has recently been growing. Cognitive deficit is a virtually omni-present component of schizophrenic psychopathology, independent of other aspects of schizophrenia. It underlays other symptoms of schizophrenia and affects the success of therapy, ability of social adaptation and patients’ quality of life. Cognitive skills in schizophrenia predict social functioning and may serve as outcome measures in the development of effective treatment strategies. One of the possibilities of non-pharmacological improvement of cognitive function is remediation using computer rehabilitation software. It has been proved as an effective method. In our study we found global positive effect of aproximately bimonthly (20sessions) training of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia using computer rehabilitation software PSS CogRehab. Except verbal fluency, which appears stationary during training of cognitive function, all others domains of cognitive function improved during rehabilitation using computer training of cognitive function. The biggest improvement we located in these domains: psychomotor speed, auditive reaction time and verbal learning and memory, where improvement in neuropsychological tests reached statistically significant difference.

Links

MSM0021622404, plan (intention)
Name: Vnitřní organizace a neurobiologické mechanismy funkčních systémů CNS
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, The internal organisation and neurobiological mechanisms of functional CNS systems under normal and pathological conditions.