We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Influence of Diabetes on Cognitive Function of Schizophrenia Patients.
- Authors
AO Lei; HE Chang-Jiang; GUO Juan; ZHANG Li
- Abstract
Objective To understand the influence of diabetes on cognitive function of schizophrenia patients. Methods 21 schizophrenia patients with diabetes and 30 schizophrenia patients without diabetes were enrolled in this study. PANSS scale and MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery were used to assess the clinical syndrome and to test the cognitive function of the enrolled patients. Results Impairment of processing speed, attention/working memory, executive function and visual memory in schizophrenia patients with diabetes was significantly severer than that of schizophrenia patients without diabetes (P < 0.05) . Conclusion The impairment of cognitive function in schizophrenia patients with diabetes was severer than schizophrenia patients without diabetes, which suggested that the prevention and management of diabetes may improve cognitive function of schizophrenia patients.
- Subjects
DIABETES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; PEOPLE with schizophrenia; COGNITIVE ability; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Journal of Kunming Medical University / Kunming Yike Daxue Xuebao, 2014, Vol 35, Issue 9, p109
- ISSN
2095-610X
- Publication type
Article