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- Title
Validation of the Persian version of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls.
- Authors
Mazhari, Shahrzad; Parvaresh, Nooshin; Eslami Shahrbabaki, Mahin; Sadeghi, Mohammad M.; Nakhaee, Nouzar; Keefe, Richard S. E.
- Abstract
Aims The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia ( BACS) is designed for assessment of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia. Versions of the BACS in English and other languages have been shown to be as sensitive to cognitive dysfunction as a standard test battery, with the advantage of brief administration and scoring time. The present study aimed to test the concurrent validity of the Persian version of the BACS ( Persian- BACS). Methods A group of 50 patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and a group of 50 healthy controls received the Persian- BACS in a first session, and in a second session a standard neurocognitive battery. Results Cronbach's alpha for the Persian- BACS was 0.74. All the Persian- BACS subscales weresignificantly correlated with the corresponding standard neurocognitive subscales and the Pearson correlation of the composite scores from the two instruments was 0.71. Moreover, a one-factor solution was found that accounted for 67.9% of the variance. Finally, the Persian- BACS demonstrated high ability to discriminate patients with schizophrenia from healthy controls. Conclusion Good psychometric properties of the Persian- BACS suggest that it is a useful tool for assessing cognition in schizophrenic patients with Persian as their primary language.
- Subjects
SCHIZOPHRENIA; COGNITION; PSYCHOSES; PEOPLE with schizophrenia; PSYCHOMETRICS; MENTAL health
- Publication
Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 2014, Vol 68, Issue 2, p160
- ISSN
1323-1316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pcn.12107