Relationship between thought and language disorder with Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale and sociodemographic characteristics in patients with schizophrenia/Sizofreni hastalarinda dusunce ve dil bozuklugunun Pozitif ve Negatif Sendrom Olcegi ve sosyodemografik ozelliklerle iliskisi

Objective: Thought disorders are one of the important and less understood characteristics of schizophrenia. Thought disorder is generally considered in two parts as thought content and thought process. However, it has been suggested that thought disorder in schizophrenia is strongly related to impairment in thought process. Thought and language disorder in schizophrenia is known to be associated with particular clinical symptoms. The aim of this study is to investigate relationship between thought and language disorder and subscales and items of PANSS in patients with schizophrenia. Methods: This study was conducted with 176 patients who met DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia. Sociodemographic data form, Thought and Language Index (TLI) and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) were administered to the patients. Results: TLI score was significantly correlated with positive, negative, general psychopathology subscale scores and total score of PANSS. When the relationship between TLI and items of PANSS was evaluated; conceptual disorganization (P2), suspiciousness/persecution (P6), blunted affect (N1), emotional withdrawal (N2), difficulty in abstract thinking (N5), lack of spontaneity and flow of conversation (N6), motor retardation (G7) and unusual thought content (G9) items of PANSS were significantly correlated with TLI. Conclusion: Thought and language disorder was found related with positive, negative, general psycho- pathology subscales of PANSS. Key words: thought and language disorder, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), schizophrenia Amac: Sizofrenide gorulen dusunce bozukluklari sizofreninin onemli ve az anlasilmis ozelliklerinden biridir. Dusunce bozuklugu genelde dusunce icerigi ve sureci bozukluklari olarak iki bolumde ele alinmaktadir. Ancak sizofrenideki dusunce bozuklugunun dusunce surecindeki bozukluk ile iliskili oldugu belirtilmistir. Sizofrenideki dusunce ve dil bozuklugunun belirli klinik belirtiler ile iliskili oldugu bilinmektedir. Bu calismada sizofreni hastalarinda gorulen dusunce ve dil bozuklugunun PANSS'in alt olcekleri ve maddeleri ile iliskisinin arastirilmasi amaclanmistir. Yontem: Calismaya DSM-IV tani olcutlerini karsilayan 176 sizofreni hastasi alinmistir. Hastalara sosyodemografik veri formu, Dusunce ve Dil Olcegi (DDO), Pozitif ve Negatif Sendrom Olcegi (PANSS) uygulanmistir. Bulgular: DDO puani, PANSS'in pozitif, negatif, genel psikopatoloji alt olcek puanlari ve PANSS toplam puani ile anlamli iliski gost