Differences in daily life executive functioning between people with autism and people with schizophrenia.

The SSD group was small, with 22 participants, so its results are less stable. Most SSD participants had been in a hospital community integration program for a long time and were receiving continued treatment, which may have affected their everyday functioning. Executive difficulty was measured only by self-report, and the Spanish informant version was not available, so unawareness of difficulties could have affected scores. The groups were not matched on age or IQ; the SSD group was older and had lower IQ, and the analysis only statistically controlled for these differences. Four participants in the ASD group did not have a confirmatory ADOS-2 assessment, although they had previous formal diagnoses. The control group included university students and general public participants, and most had university education, so it may not represent typical adults. The study did not analyze the role of antipsychotic medication or other treatments, although most SSD participants were taking antipsychotics.

Funding was provided by Fundación Banco Santander, University of Salamanca, and Universidad de Salamanca. The supplied text does not report author conflicts of interest.

Do not conclude that executive dysfunction causes poor daily living skills. This study was cross-sectional and used self-reported executive difficulty, and the association with daily living skills was found only in the autism group.