Abstract
Materials and methods Participants were 29 (18 men) outpatients with schizophrenia (SZ), 19 (8 men) remitted patients with bipolar disorder I (BP), and 30 (15 men) healthy controls (HC); all groups were matched to each other for age, sex, and level of education. Symptom severity (positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and general psychopathology) of patients with SZ were assessed with the Greek version of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS); residual affective symptoms of patients with BP were assessed with the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Sustained attention was measured by means of the Penn Continuous Performance Test (PCPT).
Highlights
The aim of the present study was to investigate sustained attention in remitted patients with bipolar disorder and in patients with schizophrenia, as compared to each other and to normal controls; a secondary aim was to investigate the correlations of different symptom dimensions with performance on sustained attention in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Symptom severity of patients with SZ were assessed with the Greek version of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS); residual affective symptoms of patients with bipolar disorder I (BP) were assessed with the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
Sustained attention was measured by means of the Penn Continuous Performance Test (PCPT)
Summary
Deficits in sustained attention in patients with schizophrenia but not with bipolar disorder. Vasilis Bozikas*1, Christina Andreou, Maria Giannakou, Thomy Tonia, Dimitra Anezoulaki, Athanasios Karavatos, Kostas Fokas and. Address: 12nd Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 21st Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and 3Department of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Published: 28 February 2006 Annals of General Psychiatry 2006, 5(Suppl 1):S227 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-5-S1-S227. cecocIonnteternat/tfiolensa/lpdSof/c1i7e4ty4-o8n59BXra-5in-Sa1n-dfuBlle.phdafv">iohuerr:e2In.onn Brain and Behaviour Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available
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