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Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Verbal Memory Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia

Objective: The present study aims to assess verbal memory performance in patients with schizophrenia attending HUSM and determine the relationship between the patients’ verbal memory performance and their demographic/clinical factors. Methods: A cross sectional study of 114 patients with schizoph...

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Main Authors: Othman, Zahiruddin, Jamaluddin, Ruzita, Alwi, Muhammad Najib Muhammad, Ismail, Hasanah Che
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Language:English
Published: ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry and Mental Health (AFPMH) 2011
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RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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spelling my.usm.eprints.44316 http://eprints.usm.my/44316/ Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Verbal Memory Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia Othman, Zahiruddin Jamaluddin, Ruzita Alwi, Muhammad Najib Muhammad Ismail, Hasanah Che RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Objective: The present study aims to assess verbal memory performance in patients with schizophrenia attending HUSM and determine the relationship between the patients’ verbal memory performance and their demographic/clinical factors. Methods: A cross sectional study of 114 patients with schizophrenia attending HUSM psychiatric services from December 2007 to May 2008 was conducted. The schizophrenia symptoms as well as verbal memory performance were assessed using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, the Malay version of the Calgary Depression Scale (MVCDS), and the Malay version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test (MVAVLT). The relationship between verbal memory performance and demographic/clinical symptoms was evaluated using Pearson Correlation. Results: Overall MVAVLT scores in all the trials were lowered in patients with schizophrenia compared to average healthy controls. There were significant relationships between occupational status and MVAVLT performance in Trial A1-A5 Total; between educational level and MVAVLT performance in Trial A1 and Trial A1-A5 Total and between severities of illness and MVAVLT performance in all indexes except Trial A1 after controlled for occupation and educational level. Conclusions: Patient with schizophrenia in HUSM performed significantly worse than healthy controls in verbal memory with or without interference. There were significant relationships between MVAVLT performance and patient’s occupational status, educational level and severity of the illness but not depressive symptoms ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry and Mental Health (AFPMH) 2011-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/44316/1/Demographic%20and%20Clinical%20Factors%20Associated%20with%20Verbal%20Memory%20Performance%20in%20Patients%20with%20Schizophrenia%20in%20HUSM.pdf Othman, Zahiruddin and Jamaluddin, Ruzita and Alwi, Muhammad Najib Muhammad and Ismail, Hasanah Che (2011) Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Verbal Memory Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 12 (2). pp. 148-156. ISSN 2231-7805 http://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org/index.php/aseanjournalofpsychiatry/article/view/54
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topic RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
spellingShingle RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Othman, Zahiruddin
Jamaluddin, Ruzita
Alwi, Muhammad Najib Muhammad
Ismail, Hasanah Che
Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Verbal Memory Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia
description Objective: The present study aims to assess verbal memory performance in patients with schizophrenia attending HUSM and determine the relationship between the patients’ verbal memory performance and their demographic/clinical factors. Methods: A cross sectional study of 114 patients with schizophrenia attending HUSM psychiatric services from December 2007 to May 2008 was conducted. The schizophrenia symptoms as well as verbal memory performance were assessed using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, the Malay version of the Calgary Depression Scale (MVCDS), and the Malay version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test (MVAVLT). The relationship between verbal memory performance and demographic/clinical symptoms was evaluated using Pearson Correlation. Results: Overall MVAVLT scores in all the trials were lowered in patients with schizophrenia compared to average healthy controls. There were significant relationships between occupational status and MVAVLT performance in Trial A1-A5 Total; between educational level and MVAVLT performance in Trial A1 and Trial A1-A5 Total and between severities of illness and MVAVLT performance in all indexes except Trial A1 after controlled for occupation and educational level. Conclusions: Patient with schizophrenia in HUSM performed significantly worse than healthy controls in verbal memory with or without interference. There were significant relationships between MVAVLT performance and patient’s occupational status, educational level and severity of the illness but not depressive symptoms
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author Othman, Zahiruddin
Jamaluddin, Ruzita
Alwi, Muhammad Najib Muhammad
Ismail, Hasanah Che
author_facet Othman, Zahiruddin
Jamaluddin, Ruzita
Alwi, Muhammad Najib Muhammad
Ismail, Hasanah Che
author_sort Othman, Zahiruddin
title Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Verbal Memory Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia
title_short Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Verbal Memory Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia
title_full Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Verbal Memory Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia
title_fullStr Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Verbal Memory Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Verbal Memory Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia
title_sort demographic and clinical factors associated with verbal memory performance in patients with schizophrenia in hospital universiti sains malaysia (husm), malaysia
publisher ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry and Mental Health (AFPMH)
publishDate 2011
url http://eprints.usm.my/44316/1/Demographic%20and%20Clinical%20Factors%20Associated%20with%20Verbal%20Memory%20Performance%20in%20Patients%20with%20Schizophrenia%20in%20HUSM.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/44316/
http://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org/index.php/aseanjournalofpsychiatry/article/view/54
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