Xia Su, Shuli Ma, Xiaoxi Yang, Can Zhang, Weiwei Chen
Health Literacy Needs of Acute Pancreatitis Patients During the Diagnosis and Treatment Process Under the Lens of the Timing It Right Theory: A Qualitative Study
Patient preference and adherence
cognitive impairment alexithymia commonly associated schizophrenia alcohol use disorder independently lead poor prognosis recovery patients dual diagnosis association prevalent severe total 75 participants grouped two 35 group schizophrenia group group b comorbid alcohol use sociodemographic factors clinical profile cognitive functions alexithymia compared two groups using semistructured pro forma positive negative syndrome scale alcohol use disorders identification test audit montreal cognitive assessment moca scale toronto alexithymia scale tas20 subcategorized three subscales 1 difficulty describing feelings ddf 2 difficulty identifying feeling dif 3 externallyoriented thinking brief psychiatric rating scale statistical analysis performed using chisquare tests ttests applicable p 005 considered statistically significant mean age participants 3361 standard deviation sd811 mean duration schizophrenia 708 months sd475 mean duration alcohol consumption 910 years sd77 moca score significantly lower mean2180 sd298 tas total score significantly higher group b mean6731 sd810 ddf mean1928 sd402 dif scores mean2286 sd466 significantly higher alcohol group compared nonalcohol group furthermore moca score significantly impaired tas total ddf dif scores significantly higher participants audit score 8 p 005 lower score moca correlated higher score alexithymia cognitive dysfunction alexithymia significantly patients schizophrenia comorbid alcohol use positively correlated severity alcohol use disorder