Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia Patients

Background: Schizophrenia patients have been determined a variety of cognitive impairment such as inability to pay proper attention, impaired information processing, inability to recall information and respond to information quickly, inability to think critically, problems of the plan and organized, inability to solve a simple problem and make the decision, impaired speech, and language, etc. Aim: The present study was undertaken with the aim to determine the effects of age on cognitive impairment in schizophrenia patients. Method: The sample consists of 50 schizophrenia patients and 50 normal control subjects, age range from 20-50 years based on a purposive sampling technique. The cognitive Symptoms Checklist was used to identify the problems in daily living skills under the heading of attention, concentration, memory, visual process, language, and execution. Result: Schizophrenia patients determined cognitive impairment as a comparison to normal control subjects on the Cognitive Symptoms Checklist. Patients with schizophrenia exhibited poor attention and concentration, impaired memory, language problems, impaired visual processing, and executive impairment.