Cognitive Functioning and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Late-Life Bipolar Disorder

The authors report on the relationship between cognitive functioning and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in elderly, clinically euthymic adults with bipolar disorder. Twenty patients with bipolar disorder (age range: 61–86 years) were administered comprehensive neuropsychologic testi...

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Published inThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 174 - 179
Main Authors Gildengers, Ariel G., Butters, Meryl A., Chisholm, Denise, Rogers, Joan C., Holm, Margo B., Bhalla, Rishi K., Seligman, Karen, Dew, Mary Amanda, Reynolds, Charles F., Kupfer, David J., Mulsant, Benoit H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 01.02.2007
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Activities of Daily Living - classification
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Antimanic Agents - therapeutic use
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder - drug therapy
Bipolar Disorder - psychology
cognition
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - psychology
elderly
Female
Humans
IADLs
Internal Medicine
Lithium Carbonate - therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Valproic Acid - therapeutic use
IADLs
Bipolar disorder
cognition
elderly
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ISSN1064-7481
1545-7214
DOI10.1097/JGP.0b013e31802dd367

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Summary:The authors report on the relationship between cognitive functioning and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in elderly, clinically euthymic adults with bipolar disorder. Twenty patients with bipolar disorder (age range: 61–86 years) were administered comprehensive neuropsychologic testing. Structured in-home performance-based assessments of IADLs were performed in 19 of these patients. Relative to age-equated comparators, bipolar subjects performed worse in information-processing speed and executive functioning. IADL performance was strongly correlated with these cognitive domains. In euthymic elderly patients with bipolar disorder, decrements in information processing speed and executive functioning characterize cognitive function and are associated with poorer IADL performance.
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ISSN:1064-7481
1545-7214
DOI:10.1097/JGP.0b013e31802dd367