Education and Cognition of Major Depressive Disorder in a Chinese Population

Autor: Li Hui, Xu Yuan Yin, Xing Shi Chen, Guangzhong Yin, Xiao Chu Gu, Zhen Tang, Li Juan Man, Gang Ye, Hong Liang Zhu, Jie Chen, Jia Lin Fu, Shan Shan Chen, Yan Song Liu
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Neuropsychiatry.
ISSN: 1758-2008
Popis: Objective: Cognitive impairments have been identified as a core feature of major depressive disorder (MDD). To date, no studies on the association between education level and cognitive impairments of MDD from a Chinese population adopting the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) for cognitive measurement emerged. This study is the first to adopt the RBANS to examine whether cognitive impairments of MDD were influenced by education level in a Chinese population. Methods: 90 patients with MDD and 90 healthy controls with matched gender and age were recruited in a case-control study. Cognitive functions were assessed using the RBANS. Moreover, the demographic and clinical data were collected from patients with MDD and healthy controls. Results: There were significant differences in the RBANS total score (F=19.56, p
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