INVESTIGATING THE CONVERGENCE OF THE SCREEN FOR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN PSYCHIATRY (SCIPS) WITH EQUIVALENT INSTRUMENTS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS

Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry (SCIP) is a short scale designed to diagnose cognitive deficits in patients with mental disorders, including schizophrenia. Therefore, in this study, the convergence of the Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry Scale (SCIPS) with equivalent instruments in patients with schizophrenia was investigated.

In a group of 58 patients with schizophrenia, the SCIPS scale and a number of standard cognitive tests including a WMT working memory test, a VLTI immediate verbal learning test, a VFT verbal fluency test, and a delayed verbal learning test And a PST processing speed test was performed.

The results showed that in schizophrenic patients, each subtest had a significant correlation with SCIP overall score, which indicates acceptable internal reliability of SCIP in patients. Also, there is a good correlation between SCIP tests and other tests except VFT.

Overall, the results of the present study indicate an acceptable convergence of the Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry Scale in examining the cognitive deficits of patients with schizophrenia.