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M easurement and T reatment R esearch to I mprove C ognition in S chizophrenia C onsensus C ognitive B attery: V alidation of the J apanese version
Author(s) -
Kaneda Yasuhiro,
Ohmori Tetsuro,
Okahisa Yuko,
Sumiyoshi Tomiki,
Pu Shenghong,
Ueoka Yoshinori,
Takaki Manabu,
Nakagome Kazuyuki,
Sora Ichiro
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/pcn.12029
Subject(s) - chemistry
Aim This preliminary study was performed to test the reliability and validity of the M easurement and T reatment R esearch to I mprove C ognition in S chizophrenia ( MATRICS ) C onsensus C ognitive B attery ( MCCB ), developed by the N ational I nstitute of M ental H ealth MATRICS initiative, as an assessment tool in a Japanese‐language version ( MCCB ‐J). Methods The subjects for the present study were 37 patients with schizophrenia. Each subject gave written informed consent to participate in the research. In order to examine the validity of the MCCB‐J, the correlation between the MCCB‐J and the Japanese‐language version of the B rief A ssessment of C ognition in S chizophrenia ( BACS ) was determined. Results C ronbach's alpha for the MCCB‐J was 0.72. The MCCB ‐J composite score was significantly correlated with all subtests of the MCCB‐J . There was a significant correlation between the MCCB‐J and the BACS composite score. Conclusion This preliminary study indicates that the MCCB‐J has good psychometric properties and validity.