Neuropsychological Performance in a sample of Institutionalized chronic Schizophrenic Patients. Desempeño Neuropsicológico en una muestra de pacientes Esquizofrénicos Institucionalizados.
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We study the results of a descriptive and exploratory study, with the intent to understand the results of a 21 male schizophrenic patients interned in a Portuguese Mental Health Care Centre, evaluated with neuropsychological test. We tried also to link these tests with variables such as schooling, family contact or lengh of internment. The assessment instruments were: Digits Series and Vocabulary Task, both from WAIS, Raven Progressive Matrices, Rey’s Complex Figures, Luria’s Series Neuropsychological Screening, Clock Task - Neuropsychological Screening and Visual Search and Attention Test. Results show that there is not an attention deficit clinically significant, even that data suggests light attention affection; also variables like family contact and schooling appear as protective factors of memory and also seems to be important for the planning / organization functions.
Key words: Schizophrenia, Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, Psychological assessment, WAIS, Raven Progressive Matrices, Rey’s Complex Figures, Luria’s Series Neuropsychological Screening, Clock Task - Neuropsychological Screening
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Avaliámos os resultados de um estudo exploratório e descritivo, com o intuito de entender os resultados de 21 pacientes esquizofrénicos masculinos internados num centro português de cuidados de saúde mental, avaliados com testes neuropsicológicos. Procurámos relacionar estes testes com variáveis como escolaridade, contacto familiar ou duração do internamento. Os instrumentos de avaliação foram: Série de dÃgitos e vocabulário da WAIS, Matrizes progressivas de Raven, Figura Complexa de Rey, Séries gráficas neuropsicológicas de screening de Luria, Teste do Relógio e Teste de busca visual e atenção. Os resultados dos testes sugerem que não se verifica um défice de atenção clinicamente significativo, mesmo que os dados sugiram ligeira disfunção; variáveis como contacto familiar e escolaridade aparecem também como factores protectores da memória e parecem também ser importantes para o panejamento / funções executivas cerebrais.
Palavras-chave: Esquizofrenia, Neuropsiquiatria, Neuropsicologia, avaliação psicológica, WAIS, Matrizes Progressivas de Raven, Figura Complexa de Rey, Séries de screening neuropsicológico de Luria, Teste de screening do Relógio.
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