title: Prospective memory predicts the level of community living skills in schizophrenia.
abstract: Schizophrenia patients are known to have prospective memory (PM) deficits. There is no robust evidence showing that PM deficits have a major impact on community living skills in schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to examine the association between PM and community living skills in schizophrenia. Forty-four individuals with schizophrenia formed the study sample. Participants׳ psychopathology, prospective and retrospective memory, level of intelligence, and community living skills were measured with standardized instruments. In bivariate analyses, community living skills overall but not self-care correlated with PM total and subscales scores. In multivariate analyses, event-based PM was more predictive than time-based PM of the level of community living skills. In conclusion, PM has a significant impact on community living skills in schizophrenia and attention should be paid to this type of memory disturbance in rehabilitation of schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Therapy Department, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Electronic address: raymondau@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Raymond W C
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Au
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Man
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau; Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Tao
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Psychology and Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shum
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: University of Notre Dame Australia/Marian Centre, Perth, Australia; School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Gabor S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ungvari
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
authors.forename: Wai-Kwong
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D057567:Memory, Long-Term; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
keywords: Community living skills; Prospective memory; Retrospective memory; Schizophrenia