Attention and executive functions are not associated with unemployment in patients with major depressive disorder

•The relation between cognition and unemployment in MDD patients is understudied.•MDD patients perform worse on aspects of attention and executive functions compared to healthy controls.•There is no difference in attention and executive functions between employed and unemployed MDD patients.

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Published inPsychiatry research Vol. 291; p. 113214
Main Authors Bø, Ragnhild, Landrø, Nils Inge
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.09.2020
Subjects
Accuracy
Alerting
Cognition
Depression
Executive
Healthy controls
Inhibition
Orienting
Switching
Updating
Work
Healthy controls
Accuracy
Executive
Alerting
Work
Depression
Updating
Cognition
Inhibition
Orienting
Switching
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Summary:•The relation between cognition and unemployment in MDD patients is understudied.•MDD patients perform worse on aspects of attention and executive functions compared to healthy controls.•There is no difference in attention and executive functions between employed and unemployed MDD patients.
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ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113214