Cognitive impairment in eating disorder patients of short and long-term duration: a case–control study

Antoni Grau,1,2 Ernesto Magallón-Neri,3,4 Gustavo Faus,1,2 Guillem Feixas3,41ITA Mental Health Specialist, Madrid, Spain; 2ITA Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; 3Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 4Institute o...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9b9214451d9a4eb590d659b653a72cc72021-12-02T03:33:34ZCognitive impairment in eating disorder patients of short and long-term duration: a case–control study1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/9b9214451d9a4eb590d659b653a72cc72019-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/cognitive-impairment-in-eating-disorder-patients-of-short-and-long-ter-peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Antoni Grau,1,2 Ernesto Magallón-Neri,3,4 Gustavo Faus,1,2 Guillem Feixas3,41ITA Mental Health Specialist, Madrid, Spain; 2ITA Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; 3Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 4Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainIntroduction: Several studies have noted the potentially negative effect of eating disorders (ED) on cognitive performance.Objective: To compare the impact of the duration of abnormal eating behaviors on cognitive performance in a sample of people with short- and long-term eating disorders and in two control groups matched for age.Method: The neuropsychological performance of 82 women diagnosed with an eating disorder were compared with two control groups from the community of 66 healthy women. Time of duration of the disorder was less than two years in half of the clinical sample, and more than 10 years in the other half. The following instruments were used to measure neuropsychological performance: the Matrix Test, the Stroop task, the Trail-Making Test, the Tower of London Test, the Posner Spatial Task, the Rey’s Complex Figure, the Wechsler Vocabulary Test, and the Hayling Completion Test.Results: It showed that persons with long-term ED presented more impaired neuropsychological profiles, but not in all areas. In contrast, the short-term ED group presented similar profiles to the control groups.Discussion: This study highlights the positive association between cognitive impairment and time of evolution of ED, above all in perceptual measures and non-verbal memory. Considering the effect of the evolution of ED cognitive performance (especially in long-term patients) may further our understanding of the development of the disorder and the factors that may favor its persistence.Keywords: eating disorder, cognitive impairment, long-duration EDGrau AMagallón-Neri EFaus GFeixas GDove Medical Pressarticleeating disordercognitive impairmentlong-duration ED.Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol Volume 15, Pp 1329-1341 (2019)
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topic eating disorder
cognitive impairment
long-duration ED.
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
spellingShingle eating disorder
cognitive impairment
long-duration ED.
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
Grau A
Magallón-Neri E
Faus G
Feixas G
Cognitive impairment in eating disorder patients of short and long-term duration: a case–control study
description Antoni Grau,1,2 Ernesto Magallón-Neri,3,4 Gustavo Faus,1,2 Guillem Feixas3,41ITA Mental Health Specialist, Madrid, Spain; 2ITA Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; 3Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 4Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainIntroduction: Several studies have noted the potentially negative effect of eating disorders (ED) on cognitive performance.Objective: To compare the impact of the duration of abnormal eating behaviors on cognitive performance in a sample of people with short- and long-term eating disorders and in two control groups matched for age.Method: The neuropsychological performance of 82 women diagnosed with an eating disorder were compared with two control groups from the community of 66 healthy women. Time of duration of the disorder was less than two years in half of the clinical sample, and more than 10 years in the other half. The following instruments were used to measure neuropsychological performance: the Matrix Test, the Stroop task, the Trail-Making Test, the Tower of London Test, the Posner Spatial Task, the Rey’s Complex Figure, the Wechsler Vocabulary Test, and the Hayling Completion Test.Results: It showed that persons with long-term ED presented more impaired neuropsychological profiles, but not in all areas. In contrast, the short-term ED group presented similar profiles to the control groups.Discussion: This study highlights the positive association between cognitive impairment and time of evolution of ED, above all in perceptual measures and non-verbal memory. Considering the effect of the evolution of ED cognitive performance (especially in long-term patients) may further our understanding of the development of the disorder and the factors that may favor its persistence.Keywords: eating disorder, cognitive impairment, long-duration ED
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author Grau A
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title Cognitive impairment in eating disorder patients of short and long-term duration: a case–control study
title_short Cognitive impairment in eating disorder patients of short and long-term duration: a case–control study
title_full Cognitive impairment in eating disorder patients of short and long-term duration: a case–control study
title_fullStr Cognitive impairment in eating disorder patients of short and long-term duration: a case–control study
title_full_unstemmed Cognitive impairment in eating disorder patients of short and long-term duration: a case–control study
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