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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2021

Study Protocol: The Evaluation Study for Social Cognition Measures in Japan (ESCoM).

Ryotaro Kubota, Ryo Okubo, Hisashi Akiyama, Hiroki Okano, Satoru Ikezawa, Akane Miyazaki, Atsuhito Toyomaki, Yohei Sasaki, Yuji Yamada, Takashi Uchino and 4 more

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ryotaro KubotaDepartment of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
Ryo OkuboDepartment of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1254-1926
Hisashi AkiyamaDepartment of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
Hiroki OkanoDepartment of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
Satoru IkezawaEndowed Institute for Empowering Gifted Minds, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo 153-0041, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4712-9373
Akane MiyazakiDepartment of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
Atsuhito ToyomakiDepartment of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9333-8833
Yohei SasakiDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Translational Medical Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
Yuji YamadaDepartment of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2169-1635
Takashi UchinoDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan.
Takahiro NemotoDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7318-7377
Tomiki SumiyoshiDepartment of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9629-1671
Naoki YoshimuraDepartment of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
Naoki HashimotoDepartment of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8311-7148
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry · JPHokkaido University · JPToho University · JPTokyo University of the Arts · JP

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP20dk0307092
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In schizophrenia, social cognitive impairment is considered one of the greatest obstacles to social participation. Although numerous measures have been developed to assess social cognition, only a limited number of them have become available in Japan. We are therefore planning this evaluation study for social cognition measures in Japan (ESCoM) to confirm their psychometric characteristics and to promote research focused on social cognition. Participants in the cross-sectional observational study will be 140 patients with schizophrenia recruited from three Japanese facilities and 70 healthy individuals. In our primary analysis, we will calculate several psychometric indicators with a focus on whether they can independently predict social functioning. In secondary analyses, we will assess the reliability and validity of the Japanese translations of each measure and conduct an exploratory investigation of patient background, psychiatric symptoms, defeatist performance belief, and gut microbiota as determinants of social cognition. The protocol for this study is registered in UMIN-CTR, unique ID UMIN000043777.

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developmental disordersfacial expression recognitionmental disordersquality of lifeschizophreniasocial cognitionsocial functioningtest battery

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PMID34357134
PMCPMC8305726
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