Prospective memory predicts the level of community living skills in schizophrenia |
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| Authors: | Raymond WC Au David Man Yu-Tao Xiang David Shum Edwin Lee Gabor S Ungvari Wai-Kwong Tang |
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| Institution: | 1. Occupational Therapy Department, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;2. Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;3. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;4. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau;5. Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China;6. School of Applied Psychology and Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;g Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;h University of Notre Dame Australia/Marian Centre, Perth, Australia;i School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Schizophrenia patients are known to have prospective memory (PM) deficits. There is no robust evidence showing that PM deficits have a major impact on community living skills in schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to examine the association between PM and community living skills in schizophrenia. Forty-four individuals with schizophrenia formed the study sample. Participants? psychopathology, prospective and retrospective memory, level of intelligence, and community living skills were measured with standardized instruments. In bivariate analyses, community living skills overall but not self-care correlated with PM total and subscales scores. In multivariate analyses, event-based PM was more predictive than time-based PM of the level of community living skills. In conclusion, PM has a significant impact on community living skills in schizophrenia and attention should be paid to this type of memory disturbance in rehabilitation of schizophrenia. |
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| Keywords: | Schizophrenia Prospective memory Retrospective memory Community living skills |
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