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Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry (SCIP): Adaptation and validation for Portuguese Version

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2024

B. Couto*
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal
R. Ortiga
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal
A. S. Gonçalves
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal
F. Monteleone
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal
S. Oliveira
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal
J. B. Fonseca
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal
R. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
1Psychiatry, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Cognitive dysfunction has been reported in acute psychiatric patients for a long time and has profound implications for the management of severe mental disorders. The Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry (SCIP) is a scale developed for screening cognitive deficits. This tool is simple and easy to administer.

Objectives

To translate and to validate to Portuguese the SCIP.

Methods

The accepted back-translation method is employed for translating from English into Portuguese. One-hundred individuals in good health were characterized using demographic questionnaires and a neuropsychological battery. Subsequently, the new version of the scale was administered on two distinct occasions with a minimum one-week gap between them.

Results

High internal consistencies as well as strong correlations with comparable neuropsychological tests were obtained.

Conclusions

The results obtained from the Portuguese version of SCIP are in line with those from the English version. Effectively, SCIP serves as a key instrument for the initial assessment of cognitive function. Its characteristics, particularly its conciseness and independence from a technological platform, allow it to be integrated into clinical practice. Our aim is to use this version and apply it to different pathologies, comparing patients with controls. This will allow us to study different patients and apply it to our population.

Disclosure of Interest

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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of European Psychiatric Association
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