Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the influencing factors of cognitive impairment in schizophrenic patients complicated with tardive dyskinesia(TD).
MethodsThree hundred patients with chronic schizophrenia diagnosed by ICD-10 diagnostic criteria, in Bengbu Mental Health Center from December 2017 to September 2018, were investigated.The Simpson Tardive Dyskinesia Rating Scale was used to screen the cases, and the patients were divided into the TD group(43 cases) and non-TD group(40 cases).The severity of abnormal involuntary movement in TD group was evaluated using AIMS, and the cognitive function in two groups were evaluated using RBANS.
ResultsApart from the visual breadth, the scores of the immediate memory, speech function, attention, delayed memory and total score of the RBANS scale in TD group were significantly lower than those in non-TD group(P < 0.01).The results of Spearman correlation analysis showed that the total score of AIMS in TD group was negatively correlated with speech function(P < 0.01), the age was negatively correlated with speech function(P < 0.05), and the degree of education was negatively correlated with immediate memory, visual breadth, delayed memory and total score of the RBANS(P < 0.01).The results of multiple linear regression analysis of demographic data and RBANS factors showed that the age, degree of education, total course of disease, number of hospital stay and other factors had an effect on the cognitive impairment of schizophrenic patients complicated with TD(P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).
ConclusionsThe chronic schizophrenic patients complicated with TD have older age, longer course of disease, more severe impairment of cognitive function, and especially the impairment of memory, speech function and attention are affected by age, education level, total course of illness and number of hospital stay.