Processing speed differences between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A pilot study

firemonkey · October 10, 2019, 11:05am

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Processing speed differences between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A pilot study.

A Mondragón-Maya, Y Flores-Medina, D Ramos-Mastache, MR Vales, JL Olivares Neumann, R Escamilla-Orozco and R Saracco-Álvarez, Psychiatria Danubina, Sep 2019

We aimed to compare processing speed (PS) and its subcomponents in schizophrenia (SC) and schizoaffective disorder (SA). Thirty-five patients were divided into two groups (SC=18; SA=17). PS tasks from the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery Central/South America version were used. Additional PS subcomponents were analyzed (i.e., behavioral execution, response processing, and accuracy). SA obtained significant higher scores than SC in response processing, verbal fluency and the PS general domain. Our results indicate that PS is a potential cognitive marker to differentiate between SC and SA. Further research with larger samples must be conducted.

My processing speed is on the slow side.