title: Potential Bedside Utility of the Clock-Drawing Test in Evaluating Rapid Therapeutic Response in the Natural Course of Schizophrenia: A Preliminary Study.
abstract: The Clock-Drawing Test (CDT) is a brief, relatively time-efficient, easy to administer at bedside, and well-proven cognitive screening test that assesses a broad range of cognitive abilities in stroke, delirium, and dementia. However, challenges of comprehensive therapeutic outcome evaluations in schizophrenia can also be potentially overcome using CDT. The authors aimed to measure the therapeutic outcome using CDT in 101 schizophrenia patients, irrespective of their diagnostic subtypes. A repeated measures analysis of variance found that improvements on CDT and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale were closely correlated, reflecting critical information about therapeutic response measures in schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Sawarde, Ratnagirl, Maharashtra, India (RSR); and the Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, India (PHK, KM, GS).
authors.forename: Ramdas Sarjerao
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ransing
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Sawarde, Ratnagirl, Maharashtra, India (RSR); and the Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, India (PHK, KM, GS).
authors.forename: Praveen Homdeorao
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Khairkar
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Sawarde, Ratnagirl, Maharashtra, India (RSR); and the Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, India (PHK, KM, GS).
authors.forename: Kshirod
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Sawarde, Ratnagirl, Maharashtra, India (RSR); and the Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, India (PHK, KM, GS).
authors.forename: Gajanan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sakekar
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D000067716:Point-of-Care Testing; D000074286:Preliminary Data; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Neuropsychology; Outcome Studies Biological/Pharmacological; Research Design and Methodology; Schizophrenia