Determinants of real-world functional performance in schizophrenia subjects: correlations with cognition, functional capacity, and symptoms.

摘要: OBJECTIVE: Impairments in adaptive life skills are a major source of disability patients with schizophrenia. The relationship between real-world settings and performance on neuropsychological tests may be complicated by other factors that interfere deployment skills. Assessment the ability to perform under optimal conditions (i.e., assessment functional capacity) has been proposed as means clarify these relationships. METHOD: authors examined cross-sectional data from study course older (age 50–85) schizophrenia (N=78). Functional capacity was performance-based measure (UCSD Performance-Based Skills Assessment), case managers rated functions interpersonal skills, work community activities). Neuropsychological assessed comprehensive battery, while symptoms were patient self-report and...