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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
Although clinical and genetic data for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) support the hypothesis of sexual dimorphism, the neuropsychological findings remain inconclusive. The aim of our study was to determine whether there are differences in cognitive performance between men and women with OCD as compared with healthy controls (HCs). A neuropsychological battery was administered to 50 patients with OCD (31 men and 19 women) and 50 HCs matched by sex, age, and educational level with patients. We evaluated intelligence, attention, episodic memory, and use of organizational strategies during encoding of verbal and nonverbal information. Male patients scored worse than controls did in measures of nonverbal memory tasks, whereas the cognitive performance of women with OCD was consistent with that of their HC counterparts. These results suggest a distinct pattern of cognitive dysfunction specific to the patients' sex.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1532-8384
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Attention, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Intelligence, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Memory, Short-Term, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Mental Recall, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Pattern Recognition, Visual, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Personality Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Personality Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Psychometrics, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Psychomotor Performance, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Verbal Learning, pubmed-meshheading:20399341-Young Adult
pubmed:articleTitle
A case-control study of sex differences in strategic processing and episodic memory in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain. csegalas@bellvitgehospital.cat
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't