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Performance on a computerized shopping task significantly predicts real world functioning in persons diagnosed with bipolar disorder
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Laloyaux, Julien
Pellegrini, Nadia
Mourad, Haitham
Bertrand, Hervé
Domken, Marc-André
Van der Linden, Martial
Larøi, Frank
Submitted to Psychiatry research. 2013
Abstract Persons diagnosed with bipolar disorder often suffer from cognitive impairments. However, little is known concerning how these cognitive deficits impact their real world functioning. We developed a computerized real-life activity task, where participants are required to shop for a list of grocery store items. Twenty one individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder and 21 matched healthy controls were administered the computerized shopping task. Moreover, the patient group was assessed with a battery of cognitive tests and clinical scales. Performance on the shopping task significantly differentiated patients and healthy controls for two variables: Total time to complete the shopping task and Mean time spent to consult the shopping list. Moreover, in the patient group, performance on these variables from the shopping task correlated significantly with cognitive functioning (i.e. processing speed, verbal episodic memory, planning, cognitive flexibility, and inhibition) and with clinical variables including duration of illness and real world functioning. Finally, variables from the shopping task were found to significantly explain 41% of real world functioning of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder. These findings suggest that the shopping task provides a good indication of real world functioning and cognitive functioning of persons diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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PMID: 23870492
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Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie
Centres et instituts / Centre interfacultaire des sciences affectives
Research group Unité de psychopathologie et neuropsychologie cognitive (UPNC)
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(ISO format) 		LALOYAUX, Julien et al. Performance on a computerized shopping task significantly predicts real world functioning in persons diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Submitted to: Psychiatry research, 2013. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:29525

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