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Processing speed and verbal fluency as predictors of functional disability among patients with schizophrenia Anchala Dixit
Khan Abraruzzaman Khan
B. Hasan
Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Department of Psychiatry Raja Deosharn District Hospital Jashpur Nagar, Chhattisgarh
Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Cognitive deficits are the common feature of schizophrenia and affect the whole functioning of patient. The main aim of the present study is to examine the predictive effect of verbal fluency and processing speed on functional disability in schizophrenia. 30 schizophrenia patients were selected as sample of the study. Processing speed was assessed by digit symbol substitution test, verbal fluency assessed by controlled oral word association test; functional disability assessed through WHO disability assessment schedule, Brief psychiatric rating scale was used to measure severity of illness. Hierarchical regression analysis used to find the relationship between functional disability and processing speed and verbal fluency. The result indicated that processing speed (-.683, p
