Characterization and assessment of executive functions through a virtual cooking task in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder.

Autor: Cañada Y; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain; Mental Health Research Unit, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain., Torres SC; Human-centred Technology Institute (Human-tech), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain., Andreu-Martinez J; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain; Mental Health Research Unit, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain., Cristancho DB; Mental Health Research Unit, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain; Mental Health Unit of Badalona, Barcelona, Spain., Chicchi Giglioli IA; Human-centred Technology Institute (Human-tech), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain., Garcia-Blanco A; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain; Mental Health Research Unit, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain; Department of Personality, Evaluation, and Psychological Treatments, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain., Adriasola A; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain; Mental Health Research Unit, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain., Navalón P; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain; Mental Health Research Unit, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: navalon_pab@gva.es., Sierra P; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain; Mental Health Research Unit, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain., Alcañiz M; Human-centred Technology Institute (Human-tech), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of psychiatric research [J Psychiatr Res] 2024 Oct; Vol. 178, pp. 349-358. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.08.007
Abstrakt: Bipolar disorder (BD) 1 implies impairments in executive functions during euthymia that interfere in psychosocial functioning. Virtual reality assessments may confer advantages respect to traditional assessments in terms of efficiency and ecological validity. The aim of this study was to validate a novel Virtual Cooking Task (VCT) for executive functions assessment in euthymic patients with BD. This is a cross-sectional study in which a group of BD patients (n = 42) and healthy controls (n = 42) were assessed with the VCT and a battery of computerized standard tasks (CST). Additionally, the influence on psychosocial functioning of both forms of assessment, measured with the FAST, was investigated to check ecological validity. In BD group significant impairments in interference, working memory and sustained attention were found in CST and VCT respect to controls. However, deficits in planning and problem-solving were also revealed with the VCT. With respect to psychosocial functioning, only VCT variables were able to predict FAST scores at the assessment time. The VCT showed a greater sensitivity than CST to assess executive functions and real-life functioning in BD. This provides evidence about the opportunity to design novel cognitive assessments for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in BD.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding this publication.
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