Toggle Main Menu Toggle Search

Open Access padlockePrints

The Newcastle University research output collection, currently available on ePrints, will shortly be moving to a new open repository platform, Figshare. To prepare for the data migration we have paused adding new content to ePrints, and will resume once the new repository is launched. During this time you will continue to have access to ePrints (but no new content will appear). We will share updates here when available.

The effect of self-monitoring on Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder: a pilot study

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Lucy RobinsonORCiD, Dr John Gray, Emeritus Professor Nicol Ferrier, Dr Peter GallagherORCiD

Downloads

Licence

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND).

Abstract

Objectives: Euthymic patients with bipolar disorder (BD) show executive impairment. Assisting cognitive function with non-pharmacological strategies has not been widely explored in BD. In schizophrenia, concomitant verbalisation (self-monitoring) during executive tests improved performance. The present pilot study assesses the effects of self-monitoring whilst completing the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) in BD patients.Methods: Thirty-six euthymic BD patients and 42 healthy controls participated. Twenty patients with BD and 20 controls received standard administration and 16 patients and 22 controls used self-monitoring during the test.Results: ANCOVA revealed a significant "group by administration" interaction. Patients who received the standard administration were significantly worse than healthy controls (trials administered: p = .012, eta(2)(p) = 0.17; trials to first category: p = .046, eta(2)(p) = 0.11; failure to maintain set: p = .003, eta(2)(p) = 0.23). BD patients who self-monitored performed significantly better than patients receiving the standard administration (trials to first category: p = .020, eta(2)(p) = 0.17) and showed no significant differences in performance compared to controls.Conclusion: Self-monitoring deserves further investigation as a tool that may be helpful for patients with BD. Further exploration of the utility, generalisability, and stability of the effects of self-monitoring is needed.

Publication metadata

Author(s): Robinson LJ, Gray JM, Ferrier IN, Gallagher P

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Year: 2016

Volume: 21

Issue: 3

Pages: 256-270

Online publication date: 25/05/2016

Acceptance date: 22/04/2016

Date deposited: 10/08/2016

ISSN (print): 1354-6805

ISSN (electronic): 1464-0619

Publisher: Routledge

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13546805.2016.1184134

DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2016.1184134

Altmetrics

Altmetrics provided by Altmetric

Share