Natasha Aduloju-Ajijola, Ifeoluwa Abosede Oyerinde, Zaneta J Gaul, Susan Gaskins, Madeline Y Sutton, Shameka L Cody, Karen Johnson, George C T Mugoya, Pamela Payne-Foster
HIV Knowledge among African Americans Living with HIV in the Rural South: Implications for Improving HIV Prevention and Care Outcomes
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aim study investigate impact early life adversity cognitive function patients schizophrenia focus social cognition sc two groups patients schizophrenia recruited matched sociodemographic clinical characteristics one group consisted 32 patients history childhood trauma sczct group consisted 30 patients without history childhood trauma scznct addition 39 healthy controls without history childhood trauma hcnct also recruited intelligence three groups assessed using wechsler abbreviated scale intelligence waisrc short version cognitive function evaluation conducted using matrics consensus cognitive battery mccb early life adversity measured using childhood trauma questionnaireshort form ctq bullying scale adults bsa patients schizophrenia endosed significantly higher scores ctq f6761 p0001 bsa f984 p0001 compared hcnct analysis covariance ancova posthoc analyses revealed sczct f1120 p0001 exhibited pronounced cognitive impairment among three groups indicated mccb total scores domain score sc ctq exhibited negative correlation mccb r0405 p 0001 sc negatively correlated physical abuse pa ctq r0271 p0030 emotional abuse ea bsa r0265 p0034 whole patient sample higher sc performance significantly predicted cttotal beta 0582 p0001 95 ci 096046 years education beta0260 p 0014 95 ci 020175 schizophrenia besides familial trauma schizophrenia patients appear higher likelihood experiencing bullying early life experiences seem contribute significantly severe impairments sc