Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029, India.
Asian J Psychiatr. 2013 Jun;6(3):243-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2012.12.010. Epub 2013 Feb 19.
The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treatment of psychiatric disorders is associated with adverse cognitive effects. There is a need to develop a short assessment tool of cognitive functions during the course of ECT.
This study aimed at developing and validating a short, sensitive battery to assess cognitive deficits associated with ECT in India.
Battery for ECT Related Cognitive Deficits (B4ECT-ReCoDe), a brief cognitive battery (20-30 min) to assess verbal, visual, working and autobiographic memory, sustained attention, psychomotor speed and subjective memory impairment, was administered to 30 in-patients receiving bilateral ECT, one day after the 1st, 3rd and 6th ECT. Data was analysed using repeated measures analysis of variance and Pearson's correlation.
Significant deficits were found in verbal, visual and autobiographic memory, psychomotor speed. Subjective experience of memory loss correlated positively with verbal memory impairment.
B4ECT-ReCoDe, a brief, sensitive measure of cognitive impairments associated with ECT can be used in routine clinical practice.
电痉挛疗法（ECT）在治疗精神障碍方面的应用与认知方面的不良反应有关。因此，需要开发一种在 ECT 治疗过程中评估认知功能的简短评估工具。
本研究旨在开发和验证一种简短、敏感的电池，以评估在印度与 ECT 相关的认知缺陷。
采用 B4ECT-ReCoDe（ECT 相关认知缺陷电池），这是一种简短的认知电池（20-30 分钟），用于评估言语、视觉、工作和自传体记忆、持续注意力、精神运动速度和主观记忆障碍，在 30 名接受双侧 ECT 的住院患者中进行，在第 1、3 和 6 次 ECT 后一天进行。使用重复测量方差分析和 Pearson 相关进行数据分析。
在言语、视觉和自传体记忆、运动速度方面发现了明显的缺陷。对记忆丧失的主观体验与言语记忆障碍呈正相关。
B4ECT-ReCoDe 是一种简短、敏感的评估与 ECT 相关的认知障碍的方法，可以在常规临床实践中使用。
