A self administered executive functions ecological questionnaire (the behavior rating inventory of executive function - adult version) shows impaired scores in a sample of patients with schizophrenia

Ewa Bulzacka; Jeanne Vilain; Franck Schürhoff; Alexandre Méary; Marion Leboyer; Andrei Szöke

doi:10.4081/mi.2013.e4

A self administered executive functions ecological questionnaire (the behavior rating inventory of executive function - adult version) shows impaired scores in a sample of patients with schizophrenia

Ment Illn. 2013 Sep 16;5(1):e4. doi: 10.4081/mi.2013.e4. eCollection 2013 Feb 11.

Authors

Ewa Bulzacka, Jeanne Vilain, Franck Schürhoff, Alexandre Méary, Marion Leboyer, Andrei Szöke

Abstract

Subjective measurements of cognition have seldom been used in schizophrenia. This is mainly due to the assumption that such measurements lack sensitivity in a disorder characterized by poor insight. We investigated the capacity of BRIEF-A (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function - Adult Version: a self-administered, ecological questionnaire) to identify executive deficits in adults with schizophrenia. The global score and each domain-specific score was significantly lower in patients than in healthy controls. BRIEF-A could be a useful complement to objective measurements, providing a subjective assessment of everyday consequences of executive dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia.

Keywords: BRIEF-A; cognition; executive functions; questionnaire; schizophrenia.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

Funding: funded in part by grants from the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (PHRC AOM98152) and the Institut de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM). The funding sources had no further role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, in the writing of the report, or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.