14. Factors related to cognitive dysfunction in patients with schizoaffective disorder

Nguyen Thi Cam Tu, Duong Minh Tam

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We conducted this research on clinical features of cognitive disorders in patients with schizoaffective disorder (SAD) with the goal of understanding factors related to cognitive dysfunction in patients with schizoaffective disorder. This is a cross-sectional descriptive method of 61 inpatients with schizoaffective disorder (F25) treated at the National Psychiatric Hospital No I. Results: the proportion of patients with SAD with cognitive dysfunction accounted for 59.02%. The risk of cognitive disorders is 10.56 times higher in patients aged greater than 50 years old than patients less than 50 years old. The proportion of female diagnosed with SAD was lower than male (31.1% and 68.9%) and female had a 10.3 times higher risk of cognitive disorders than male. Schizophrenia depressive type has 5 times higher risk of cognitive dysfunction than the manic type. SAD with low secondary school education have a 5.56 times higher risk of cognitive disorders than those with high school education or higher. We have not found an association between the use of antipsychotics or mood stabilizers with cognitive disturbances in forms of SAD.

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