Psychomotor performance of psychiatric inpatients under therapy: assessment by paper and pencil tests.
Hum Psychopharmacol
; 17(2): 91-3, 2002 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-12404697
ABSTRACT
Fifty psychiatric inpatients included in the study were diagnosed as having substance related disorder, schozophrenia, bipolar disorder, depressive disorder or anxiety disorder based on DSM-IV and ICD-10. All the patients were on multiple drug therapy for a minimum of 7 days in the hospital. The psychomotor performance score assessed with the help of the six letter cancellation test and the digit letter substitution test was compared with a matched group of 50 normal volunteers. The significantly low scores for patients may be considered indicative of the fact that prolonged therapy would be required to attain normal psychomotor status. Thus, simple paper and pencil tests may provide valuable information in assessment of psychomotor and cognitive functions of psychiatric patients during recovery.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Desempenho Psicomotor
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Psicotrópicos
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Pacientes Internados
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum Psychopharmacol
Assunto da revista:
PSICOFARMACOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Índia