Volume 27, Issue 132, February 2023

Efficacy of cognitive pragmatic treatment in adults with schizophrenia

Anusuya Muthu^1♦, Shanthi Nambi², Raman Krishnan², Rajagopalan Vijayaraghavan³

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Language and Hearing sciences-ENT, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
²Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
³Department of Research and Development, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

^♦Corresponding author
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Language and Hearing sciences-ENT, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
ORCID: 0000-0003-1297-741X

ABSTRACT

Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of cognitive-pragmatic treatment (CPT) in improving cognitive functions and pragmatic language abilities in adults with schizophrenia. Methods: 100 individuals with schizophrenia who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were assigned to control (n = 25) and experimental groups (n = 75). Experimental groups received CPT for 3 months, while the control group obtained only routine care. Individuals were tested both before and after the intervention to gauge their progress also 3 months post-intervention, a follow-up evaluation was carried out. Analyses employed parametric and non-parametric statistics. Results: The findings revealed significant variations among groups and tests (p<0.001), & interaction of groups with tests (p<0.001) on two-way Repeated Measures ANOVA. Both the post-test and the follow-up assessment indicated that the experimental group had significantly higher levels of pragmatic language skills and cognitive functioning than the control group. There has been no major influence of age, gender and illness duration on the treatment outcomes by three-way ANOVA. Conclusions: The present study showed that CPT improved pragmatic language communication skills & cognitive functioning in adults with schizophrenia.

Keywords: Schizophrenia, cognitive pragmatic treatment, cognitive functioning, pragmatic language impairment, group therapy, social communication impairment

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e100ms2828

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i132/e100ms2828

Published: 18 February 2023