[Influence of anxiety on cognitive functions' disturbances in adolescents and young adults diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia].
BACKGROUND
It is still interesting the correlations between cognitive processes and anxiety in adolescents and young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. The aim of the paper was to answer the following questions: Is there a correlation between short-term memory processes and attention in adolescents and young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia? Is there a correlation between short-term memory processes and anxiety as a state and anxiety as a trait in adolescents and young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia? Is there a correlation between attention and anxiety as a state and anxiety as a trait in adolescents and young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia?


METHODS
The studied group consisted of individuals diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and the reference group consisted of healthy individuals. Since the inclusion criteria was a schizophrenia diagnosis confirmed at least three times during subsequent hospitalizations, the studied group consisted of individuals aged 18-24 (late adolescents and young adults); however, the first onset of schizophrenia took place before the 15th birthday in all cases (the first episode before the 15th birthday, currently at least third hospitalization with the diagnosis of schizophrenia). A total of 50 individuals participated in the study: 25 of them diagnosed with schizophrenia and 25 mentally sound. MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) was used as the screening tool. It MMSE was used to rule out dementia, while PANSS was used to confirm the diagnosis. CPT (Continuous Performance Test), Free Recall and Piktogram were used to assess the subjects neuropsychologically. Additionally, the anxiety level (as the information processing variable) was assessed with STAI (State - Trait Anxiety Inventory) in order to measure anxiety as a state and as a trait levels.


RESULTS
The experiments and assess short-term memory processes and attention processes in adolescents and young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. 2. There is a correlation between short-term memory processes and anxiety as a state and anxiety as a trait in adolescents and young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. 3. There is a correlation between attention and anxiety in adolescents and young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Klasik
Adam
A
Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii i Psychoterapii, Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach, 40-635 Katowice, ul. Ziołowa 45/47. psych1@slam.katowice.pl
Janas-Kozik
Małgorzata
M
Krupka-Matuszczyk
Irena
I
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D001288:Attention; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011340:Problem Solving; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012016:Reference Values; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000150:complications*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology