Validation of the Persian version of the brief assessment of cognition in schizophrenia in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls.
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Journal Article
AIMS: The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) is designed for assessment of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia. Versions of the BACS in English and other languages have been shown to be as sensitive to cognitive dysfunction as a standard test battery, with the advantage of brief administration and scoring time. The present study aimed to test the concurrent validity of the Persian version of the BACS (Persian-BACS). METHODS: A group of 50 patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and a group of 50 healthy controls received the Persian-BACS in a first session, and in a second session a standard neurocognitive battery. RESULTS: Cronbach's alpha for the Persian-BACS was 0.74. All the Persian-BACS subscales were significantly correlated with the corresponding standard neurocognitive subscales and the Pearson correlation of the composite scores from the two instruments was 0.71. Moreover, a one-factor solution was found that accounted for 67.9% of the variance. Finally, the Persian-BACS demonstrated high ability to discriminate patients with schizophrenia from healthy controls. CONCLUSION: Good psychometric properties of the Persian-BACS suggest that it is a useful tool for assessing cognition in schizophrenic patients with Persian as their primary language.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Mazhari, S; Parvaresh, N; Eslami Shahrbabaki, M; Sadeghi, MM; Nakhaee, N; Keefe, RSE
Published Date
- February 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 68 / 2
Start / End Page
- 160 - 166
PubMed ID
- 24552637
Pubmed Central ID
- 24552637
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1440-1819
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1111/pcn.12107
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Australia