Social cognitive impairments in individuals with schizophrenia vary in severity

Journal article


Hajdúk, Michal, Harvey, Philip D., Penn, David L. and Pinkham, Amy E.. (2018). Social cognitive impairments in individuals with schizophrenia vary in severity. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 104, pp. 65 - 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.06.017
AuthorsHajdúk, Michal, Harvey, Philip D., Penn, David L. and Pinkham, Amy E.
Abstract

Social cognitive deficits are a hallmark feature of schizophrenia and have been confirmed by several meta-analyses; however, the uniformity of these impairments across individuals remains unknown. The present study evaluated the heterogeneity of social cognitive impairment. A secondary aim was to identify a subset of measures to quickly identify those individuals who are most in need of remediation. Two independent samples of people with schizophrenia (n = 176; n = 178) and their respective healthy control groups (n = 104; n = 154) were selected from two phases of the Social Cognition Psychometric Evaluation (SCOPE) project, which assessed multiple domains of social cognition. Latent profile analysis was utilized to identify sub-clusters of performance within each patient sample. Receiver operator curve and discriminant analysis were implemented to identify tasks suitable as screening tools. Three clusters were identified in each sample that differed primarily in severity of impairment. The first showed no social cognitive impairment (∼25% of patients). The second consisted of patients with mild impairment (∼40% of each sample), and the third showed severe SC impairment (∼32%). Patients in the severe cluster were older, less educated, more neurocognitively impaired, and lower functioning. Using the Bell Lysaker Emotion Recognition Task (BLERT) for screening provided sensitivity of 80.15% and specificity 89.13%. Combining BLERT with the Reading the Mind in the Eyes task yielded sensitivity of 91.60% and specificity 75.00% for identifying impaired individuals. These results illustrate the existence of distinct degrees of social cognitive impairment in schizophrenia and indicate that remediation efforts may not be necessary for all individuals.

Year2018
JournalJournal of Psychiatric Research
Journal citation104, pp. 65 - 71
PublisherElsevier
ISSN0022-3956
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.06.017
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85049462120
Page range65 - 71
Publisher's version
File Access Level
Controlled
Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
EditorsF. Holsboer and A. F. Schatzberg
Permalink -

https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8qxwz/social-cognitive-impairments-in-individuals-with-schizophrenia-vary-in-severity

Restricted files

Publisher's version

  • 34
    total views
  • 0
    total downloads
  • 3
    views this month
  • 0
    downloads this month
These values are for the period from 19th October 2020, when this repository was created.

Export as