Changes of attentional bias in patients with alcohol use disorder during abstinence: A longitudinal study.

Autor: Escudero B; Department of Psychobiology and Behavioral Sciences Methods, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón 28223, Spain; Instituto de investigación Sanitaria Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre (imas12), Madrid 28041, Spain., Arias Horcajadas F; Instituto de investigación Sanitaria Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre (imas12), Madrid 28041, Spain; Riapad: Research Network in Primary Care in Addictions, Spain., Orio L; Department of Psychobiology and Behavioral Sciences Methods, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón 28223, Spain; Instituto de investigación Sanitaria Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre (imas12), Madrid 28041, Spain; Riapad: Research Network in Primary Care in Addictions, Spain. Electronic address: lorio@psi.ucm.es.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Addictive behaviors [Addict Behav] 2024 Oct; Vol. 157, pp. 108098. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108098
Abstrakt: Background: Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is linked to an attentional bias towards alcohol-related cues (e.g. images, smells), which acquire incentive properties and promote continued consumption.
Method: We investigated how the general and alcohol attentional bias evolved longitudinally in AUD patients along two periods of abstinence: t = 0 (baseline, 1-3 months of abstinence) and t = 1 (follow-up; 6 months of abstinence), as well as their relationship with alcohol-related variables. General and alcohol-specific attentional bias were evaluated by the Classic and the Alcohol Stroop tests (neutral and alcohol conditions) in abstinent AUD patients and controls.
Results: At t = 0, the AUD group exhibited both general and alcohol-specific attentional biases, with greater effect in the general bias. At t = 1, alcohol-specific attentional bias decreased specifically in the AUD group and reached control levels (with interference index levels increasing from 1-3 months to 6 months). However, general attentional bias showed a trend toward improvement but it did not significantly change through abstinence process (linear mixed models, controlling for age, BMI, sex and education).
Conclusions: In AUD patients, general and alcohol attentional biases exhibit different trajectories during abstinence, with the attentional bias toward alcohol improving significantly throughout this process whereas general attentional bias is maintained.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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