كليدواژه :
schizophrenia- cognitive and neuropsychological function-WAIS-R , پزشكي , اسكيزوفرنيا , الگوي عملكرد شناختي
چكيده لاتين :
Introduction: It is assumed that the process of schizophrenia effect on patientʹs cognitive functions. The aim of this study was to examine and to compare cognitive profile of patients with that of control group. Methods: 40 patients with schizophrenia were selected from Isfahan Noor Hospital. 40 non patients as control group were selected and matched on the base of age , sex, education, economic status. Cognitive functions of two groups were assessed by WAIS R-
Results: Results show that schizophrenic patients appear at a lower level of IQ than control group. Nonverbal IQ was more impaired than the other kind of IQ in patients. Cognitive profile analysis reveals that patients had low scores on all of the WAIS-R subscles except information and word subscales. Discussion: These findings show that schizophrenic patients in the first episode of theire illness reveal a remarkable impairment on inteligence performance. Cognitive profile analysis indicates that schizophrenic patients perform significantly at a lower level in comparison with control group, in: abstraction, visual - spacial perception, verbal and non-vevbal conceptualization, social jud /meat, attention, motor-visual organization and mental flexibility.
