Event-based Prospective Memory in Schizophrenia

• Published in: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 867 - 872
• Main Authors: Kumar, Devvarta, Nizamie, S. Haque, Jahan, Masroor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colchester Taylor & Francis Group 01.10.2005; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Humans; Life Change Events; Male; Medical sciences; Memory - physiology; Memory Disorders - etiology; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data; Prospective Studies; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - physiopathology; Psychosis; Human; Prospective memory; Negative symptom; Schizophrenia; Cognition; Positive symptom
• ISSN: 1380-3395; 1744-411X
• DOI: 10.1080/13803390490919100

Although memory deficits have been well documented in schizophrenia, so far, there is dearth of literature about prospective memory (PM), that is memory for future events, in this disorder. The present study investigated event-based PM in schizophrenia. Additionally, the relationship of event-based PM with clinical variables of schizophrenia was also assessed. Task incorporating event-based prospective memory was administered on 42 schizophrenia patients and 42 nonpsychiatric comparison subjects. Patients with schizophrenia were additionally rated on The Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms, The Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms and The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Results showed schizophrenia patients to have poor event-based prospective memory. However, no significant correlation was observed between the clinical variables and PM.