| Autor: |
Gustavo A. Constaín, María Victoria Ocampo Saldarriaga, María de los Ángeles Rodrí-guez-Gásquez, Julio César Restrepo Zapata, David Monroy Duque |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Medicina U.P.B., Vol 37, Iss 1, Pp 25-35 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2357-6308 |
| DOI: |
10.18566/medupb.v37n1.a04 |
| Popis: |
Objective:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been considered a safe and effective treatment for depression, manic episodes, and other serious psychiatric conditions. Its main reported side effect has been cognitive impairment. This study describes the cognitive effects of ECT in psychiatric patients referred for treatment at a private clinic. Methodology: Descriptive case series study. A baseline assessment conducted before starting ECT, and another two (at one week and at six months) after completing the treatment cycle were used to describe the effects of frontotemporal bilateral ECT on neurocognitive function in terms of the change from the baseline to the final assessment in the domains of memory, psychomotor speed, reaction time, complex attention, and cognitive flexibility, as well as global cognitive function, as well as to determine ECT’s safety by reporting adverse events. Cognitive assessment was conducted with a neuropsychological test battery and severity of psychiatric illness with the Clinical Global Impression-Severity scale (CGI-S). Six patients referred for treatment during six months were included. Results: No statistically significant differences were observed between the medians of the evaluations of CGI-S scale, global cognitive function or any of the domains evaluated.Conclusions: ECT did not produce changes in the cognitive functions assessed in the six studied patients. |
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