Poor concentration and the ability to process information after glandular fever

• Published in: Journal of psychosomatic research Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 269 - 278
• Main Authors: White, P.D, Dash, Aruna R, Thomas, Janice M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.02.1998; New York, NY Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Attention; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - etiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Epstein–Barr virus; Factors; Fatigue; Fatigue - etiology; Female; General aspects; Glandular fever; Herpesvirus 4, Human - isolation & purification; Humans; Infectious diseases; Infectious Mononucleosis - complications; Infectious Mononucleosis - psychology; Infectious Mononucleosis - virology; Information processing; Intelligence Tests; Interview, Psychological; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - etiology; Middle Aged; Poor concentration; Prospective Studies; Psychiatric disorder; Severity of Illness Index; Viral diseases; Virus; Vocabulary; Virus; Glandular fever; Fatigue; Cognition; Poor concentration; Epstein–Barr virus; Psychiatric disorder; Gammaherpesvirinae; Human; Cognitive disorder; Herpesviridae; Epstein Barr virus; Infection; Premorbid intelligence; Attentional disorder; Viral disease; Information processing; Complication

The symptom of poor concentration and the ability to process information were measured prospectively in 245 subjects three times in the 6 months after glandular fever or an ordinary upper respiratory tract infection. The effects of the different infections, having a fatigue state, a psychiatric diso...