Executive dysfunctions and depression in Behcet's disease without explicit neurological involvement
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Tarih
2006
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Wiley
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
This study aims to assess the executive functions and depression status in patients with Behcet's disease without explicit neurological involvement and to evaluate cognitive functions in this group of patients independent of accompanying depression. In the present study, 30 patients with Behcet's disease in the non-active phase of their illness and 30 healthy volunteers were included. In the evaluation of depression levels, Beck Depression Inventory was employed. The executive functions of the patients were evaluated by Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) and Stroop Test (ST). Beck Depression Inventory scores measured in the Behcet's disease group, in which no clinically serious depression was observed, were higher than the control group. Then, it was observed that the scores of neuropsychological tests of the Behcet's disease group were found to be significantly lower, especially in WCST, while significant relations were revealed between Beck Depression Inventory scores and WCST, ST scores. The authors' findings suggest that there may be factors other than depression causing executive impairment in patients with Behcet's disease without explicit neurological symptoms. Executive dysfunctions may occur in association with mild depressive states due to chronic disease stress or silent and/or future neurological involvement of Behcet's disease, especially in the frontal lobes.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Behcet's disease, chronic disease, depression, Stroop Test, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
Kaynak
Psychiatry And Clinical Neurosciences
WoS Q Değeri
Q3
Scopus Q Değeri
Q1
Cilt
60
Sayı
4
Künye
Erberk-Özen, N., Birol, A., Boratav, C. and Koçsk, M. (2006), Executive dysfunctions and depression in Behçet’s disease without explicit neurological involvement. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 60(4), 465-472. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01533.x
