title: Brief screening for executive dysfunction in schizophrenia in a rehabilitation hospital.
abstract: Few tools assessing neurocognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia are able to measure integrated executive functions in the context of the problem-solving demands of a patient's everyday world. The authors evaluated the BRIEF-A (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult version) Informant Report in 112 inpatients with chronic schizophrenia in a rehabilitation hospital. Factor analysis yielded a three-factor solution (Emotional Regulation, Problem-Solving, Orderliness). The BRIEF-A is psychometrically robust in this population and, in the absence of patient participation, provides an estimate of executive functions in a population that may otherwise be beyond the reach of formal neurocognitive testing.
authors: University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. brian.power@health.wa.gov.au
authors: Brian D
authors: BD
authors: Power
authors: Milan
authors: M
authors: Dragović
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Rock
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D056344:Executive Function; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology