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The screen for cognitive impairment in psychiatry: diagnostic-specific standardization in psychiatric ill patients

J. Gómez-Benito,G. Guilera,O. Pino,E. Rojo,R. Tabarés-Seisdedos,G. Safont,A. Martínez-Àran,M. Franco,M. Cuesta,B. Crespo-Facorro,M. Bernardo,E. Vieta,S. Purdon,F. Mesa,J. Rejas

Published 2013 in BMC Psychiatry

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BackgroundThe Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry (SCIP) is a simple and easy to administer scale developed for screening cognitive deficits. This study presents the diagnostic-specific standardization data for this scale in a sample of schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder patients.MethodsPatients between 18 and 55 years who are in a stable phase of the disease, diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, or bipolar I disorder were enrolled in this study.ResultsThe SCIP-S was administered to 514 patients (57.9% male), divided into two age groups (18–39 and 40–55 years) and two educational level groups (less than and secondary or higher education). The performance of the patients on the SCIP-S is described and the transformed scores for each SCIP-S subtest, as well as the total score on the instrument, are presented as a percentile, z-score, T-scores, and IQ quotient.ConclusionsWe present the first jointly developed benchmarks for a cognitive screening test exploring functional psychosis (schizophrenia and bipolar disorder), which provide increased information about patient’s cognitive abilities. Having guidelines for interpreting SCIP-S scores represents a step forward in the clinical utility of this instrument and adds valuable information for its use.

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