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Do depressed patients really over-report cognitive impairment? / Beblo, Thomas; Bergdolt, Juliane; Kilian, Mia; Toepper, Max; Moritz, Steffen; Driessen, Martin; Dehn, Lorenz.

In: J AFFECT DISORDERS, Vol. 338, 01.10.2023, p. 466-471.

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Beblo, T, Bergdolt, J, Kilian, M, Toepper, M, Moritz, S, Driessen, M & Dehn, L 2023, 'Do depressed patients really over-report cognitive impairment?', J AFFECT DISORDERS, vol. 338, pp. 466-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.055

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Beblo, T., Bergdolt, J., Kilian, M., Toepper, M., Moritz, S., Driessen, M., & Dehn, L. (2023). Do depressed patients really over-report cognitive impairment? J AFFECT DISORDERS, 338, 466-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.055

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Beblo T, Bergdolt J, Kilian M, Toepper M, Moritz S, Driessen M et al. Do depressed patients really over-report cognitive impairment? J AFFECT DISORDERS. 2023 Oct 1;338:466-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.055

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title = "Do depressed patients really over-report cognitive impairment?",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Depressed patients report more severe cognitive impairment than is detectable by neuropsychological tests because they may underestimate their cognitive performance. Alternatively, it is possible that cognitive impairment primarily occurs under everyday life conditions as referred to in most questionnaires. The aim of the present study is to investigate the validity of self-reports in patients with major depression in order to better understand the pronounced impairment in self-reports.METHODS: We investigated 58 patients with major depression and 28 heathy control participants. We administered the {"}Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry{"} (SCIP) to assess cognitive performance, the {"}Questionnaire for Cognitive Complaints{"} (FLei), and the newly developed scale for {"}Self-Perception of Cognitive Performance in everyday life and test settings{"} to ask for the self-assessed cognitive performance in everyday life and in a test situation more specifically.RESULTS: Depressed patients showed an inferior test performance and reported much more general everyday life related cognitive problems compared to healthy participants. When asked more specifically for their cognitive performance in the test-situation compared to others and compared to everyday life, they did not report more test-related and everyday life related impairment than healthy participants did.LIMITATIONS: Results might be influenced by comorbidity.CONCLUSIONS: These results have implications for the assessment of subjective cognitive performance of depressed patients and shed light on the negative effects of general versus more specific recall of autobiographical information.",
keywords = "Humans, Cognitive Dysfunction/diagnosis, Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnosis, Neuropsychological Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Report",
author = "Thomas Beblo and Juliane Bergdolt and Mia Kilian and Max Toepper and Steffen Moritz and Martin Driessen and Lorenz Dehn",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
year = "2023",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.055",
language = "English",
volume = "338",
pages = "466--471",
journal = "J AFFECT DISORDERS",
issn = "0165-0327",
publisher = "Elsevier",

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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Do depressed patients really over-report cognitive impairment?

AU - Beblo, Thomas

AU - Bergdolt, Juliane

AU - Kilian, Mia

AU - Toepper, Max

AU - Moritz, Steffen

AU - Driessen, Martin

AU - Dehn, Lorenz

N1 - Copyright © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

PY - 2023/10/1

Y1 - 2023/10/1

N2 - BACKGROUND: Depressed patients report more severe cognitive impairment than is detectable by neuropsychological tests because they may underestimate their cognitive performance. Alternatively, it is possible that cognitive impairment primarily occurs under everyday life conditions as referred to in most questionnaires. The aim of the present study is to investigate the validity of self-reports in patients with major depression in order to better understand the pronounced impairment in self-reports.METHODS: We investigated 58 patients with major depression and 28 heathy control participants. We administered the "Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry" (SCIP) to assess cognitive performance, the "Questionnaire for Cognitive Complaints" (FLei), and the newly developed scale for "Self-Perception of Cognitive Performance in everyday life and test settings" to ask for the self-assessed cognitive performance in everyday life and in a test situation more specifically.RESULTS: Depressed patients showed an inferior test performance and reported much more general everyday life related cognitive problems compared to healthy participants. When asked more specifically for their cognitive performance in the test-situation compared to others and compared to everyday life, they did not report more test-related and everyday life related impairment than healthy participants did.LIMITATIONS: Results might be influenced by comorbidity.CONCLUSIONS: These results have implications for the assessment of subjective cognitive performance of depressed patients and shed light on the negative effects of general versus more specific recall of autobiographical information.

AB - BACKGROUND: Depressed patients report more severe cognitive impairment than is detectable by neuropsychological tests because they may underestimate their cognitive performance. Alternatively, it is possible that cognitive impairment primarily occurs under everyday life conditions as referred to in most questionnaires. The aim of the present study is to investigate the validity of self-reports in patients with major depression in order to better understand the pronounced impairment in self-reports.METHODS: We investigated 58 patients with major depression and 28 heathy control participants. We administered the "Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry" (SCIP) to assess cognitive performance, the "Questionnaire for Cognitive Complaints" (FLei), and the newly developed scale for "Self-Perception of Cognitive Performance in everyday life and test settings" to ask for the self-assessed cognitive performance in everyday life and in a test situation more specifically.RESULTS: Depressed patients showed an inferior test performance and reported much more general everyday life related cognitive problems compared to healthy participants. When asked more specifically for their cognitive performance in the test-situation compared to others and compared to everyday life, they did not report more test-related and everyday life related impairment than healthy participants did.LIMITATIONS: Results might be influenced by comorbidity.CONCLUSIONS: These results have implications for the assessment of subjective cognitive performance of depressed patients and shed light on the negative effects of general versus more specific recall of autobiographical information.

KW - Humans

KW - Cognitive Dysfunction/diagnosis

KW - Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnosis

KW - Neuropsychological Tests

KW - Surveys and Questionnaires

KW - Self Report

U2 - 10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.055

DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.055

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

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VL - 338

SP - 466

EP - 471

JO - J AFFECT DISORDERS

JF - J AFFECT DISORDERS

SN - 0165-0327

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