Cross-Sectional Study of Older Outpatients With Schizophrenia and Healthy Comparison Subjects: No Differences in Age-Related Cognitive Decline

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 157; no. 8; pp. 1324 - 1326
• Main Authors: Eyler Zorrilla, Lisa T., Heaton, Robert K., McAdams, Lou Ann, Zisook, Sidney, Harris, M. Jackuelyn, Jeste, Dilip V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01.08.2000; American Psychiatric Association
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Aged; Ambulatory Care; Biological and medical sciences; Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale - statistics & numerical data; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - psychology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Progression; Female; Geriatrics; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Older people; Prognosis; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - diagnosis; Schizophrenic Psychology; Human; Senescence; Healthy subject; Evaluation scale; Schizophrenia; Psychometrics; Psychosis; Dementia Rating Scale Mattis; Intellectual deterioration; Cross sectional study; Adult; Evolution; Clinical investigation; Elderly; Age; Comparative study

OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the progression of cognitive deficits in older, community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia, especially in comparison to healthy subjects. METHOD: The authors examined the relationship of age to performance on the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale in 116 outpatients wi...