title: Relationship between hemispatial inattention and performance of activities of daily living in patients with schizophrenia.
abstract: This study investigated the relation of hemispatial inattention to the performance of daily functions in 32 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and in 31 healthy controls. They were tested on the relationship between a target cancellation task and the Activities of Daily Living Rating Scale-II (ADLRS-II). According to the results of the hemispatial inattention test, the patients with schizophrenia made more omissions in the cancellation test than the controls. In addition, the results showed a significant correlation between number of omissions on the cancellation test and the ADLRS-II score in the study participants. A statistically significant relationship was observed between hemispatial inattention and the functional status of patients with schizophrenia, and suggests the need to incorporate measures of visual attention into psychiatric rehabilitation assessments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi-Chia
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kao-Chin
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yen Kuang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ya-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Keh-Chung
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D055815:Young Adult