Şizofreni Tanısı Olan Bireylerde İnteroseptif Duyarlılık, Yürütücü İşlevler, Zaman Perspektifi Ve Okupasyonel Dengenin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric condition that affects an individual’s cognitive and emotional processes, leading to distortions in the perception of reality. This study aims to compare interoceptive sensibility, executive functions, time perspective, and occupational balance between individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and healthy individuals. In this context, 46 individuals aged between 18 and 65 years who were diagnosed with schizophrenia according to DSM-5 criteria and were in the remission phase, and 46 healthy individuals in the same age range with no psychiatric diagnosis were evaluated. Participants were assessed using the Interoception Sensory Questionnaire, Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, Occupational Balance Questionnaire, and Frontal Assessment Battery. The findings revealed significantly impaired interoceptive sensibility (p<0.01), decreased executive function (p<0.01), deviated time perspective balance (p<0.01), and lower levels of occupational balance (p<0.01) in the schizophrenia group. Additionally, difficulties were particularly noted in the Past Positive and Present Fatalistic subscales of the time perspective profiles (p<0.05). These findings indicate that schizophrenia involves not only psychopathological symptoms but also concurrent multidimensional impairments in cognitive, temporal, and daily life functioning. In this regard, the results highlight the need for occupational therapists to develop holistic and structured intervention programs that address the integration of body, mind, and time in the treatment of schizophrenia.