masoud bagheri; farzaneh pooladi; fahimeh saadat
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Aim: :executive function is a multidimensional system with multiple processing that is damaged in bipolar patients. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare the executive function of bipolar I patients who received rehabilitation for 5 years and normal subjects.Method:The present study is a ...
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Aim: :executive function is a multidimensional system with multiple processing that is damaged in bipolar patients. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare the executive function of bipolar I patients who received rehabilitation for 5 years and normal subjects.Method:The present study is a comparative causal study that was performed on two groups of 30 patients with bipolar I disorder who underwent rehabilitation therapy from year 1391 and a group of normal subjects who were matched to bipolar patients. The tools used were the computerized version of the Wisconsin Test and Tower of London. Data were analyzed using MANOVA Multivariate Analysis.Findings:The results showed that there is a significant difference between the two groups in the executive functions (F (8, 21) = 20/66 & P2 =0/88) Conclusion:Based on the results, although patients have undergone several rehabilitation therapy courses for several years, their cognitive impairments have remained stable.
Ahmad Alipour; Samira Hasan zadeh pashang; Afshin Saberi
Volume 2, Issue 4 , June 2017, , Pages 9-30
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Introduction: Since cognitive defects have an effective role in the life of people with bipolar and schizophrenia disorders, the current research mainly aimed at comparing the status of executive functions and attention of the patients affected by schizophrenia and acute and chronic bipolar disorder ...
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Introduction: Since cognitive defects have an effective role in the life of people with bipolar and schizophrenia disorders, the current research mainly aimed at comparing the status of executive functions and attention of the patients affected by schizophrenia and acute and chronic bipolar disorder type I .It also aimed at comparing their functions with a normal group. Method: This study is a descriptive-comparative study thorough which the executive functions have been compared among five groups. The statistical population consists of all outpatient and inpatient patients affected with acute and chronic schizophrenia and acute and chronic bipolar type I in the manic episode who had referred to the Psychiatry Clinic of Shafa, Rasht. The participants were selected through convenience sampling within 2014-2015 and 60 male patients were selected. Age range of the subjects was 16-50 and they were paralleled in variables of gender, age, and education levels in the groups. Stroop Test and Tower of London Test were administered to all subjects in individual sessions and finally, data were analyzed via using Multivariate Analysis Test and Tukey Follow-up Tests. Findings: Results indicated that there is generally a significant difference (p≤ 0.05) between the groups with acute and chronic schizophrenia, acute and chronic bipolar disorder sufferers in the manic episode with normal people in Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Continuous Performance Test. Conclusion: Schizophrenic patients had weaker executive function and attention disorder than the Bipolar disorder I patients and normal subjective. And chronicity had a great effect on executive function and attention disorder among the patients.
