The impact of mood episodes and duration of @entity221 on XXXX .

@entity1 @entity162 @entity308 @entity75 @entity73 @entity2205 @entity221
OBJECTIVE: A number of studies showed @entity73 in @entity162 @entity1 but few researches have studied the impact of mood episodes or duration of @entity221 on neuropsychological functioning. METHODS: Cognitive functioning was examined in 110 @entity162 outpatients with different mood state ( @entity162 , @entity308 , mixed episode and euthymia). The neuropsychological battery included The Visual Search Test, @entity2205 Making Test, Corsi Test, Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), Cognitive Estimation Task (CET) and Tower of London and it assessed attention, memory and executive/planning functions. Failures in the different cognitive tests were compared between groups using   (2) tests with Bonferroni's corrections. Finally a binary logistic regression was performed in order to find an eventual association between age and duration of @entity221 and CET bizarreness. RESULTS: All the symptomatic @entity1 ( @entity162 , @entity308 , mixed) failed more frequently The Visual Search Test in comparison with euthymics (  (2)=9.882, df=3, p=0.017, phi=0.30; rate of failures: @entity162 @entity1 32.2%, @entity308 @entity1 30.6%, euthymics 0%, mixed @entity1 18.2%). CET was performed worse by @entity162 and euthymic @entity1 (  (2)=10.086, df=3, p=0.015, phi=0.31; rate of failures: @entity162 @entity1 46.4%, @entity308 @entity1 22.9%, euthymics 52.1%, mixed @entity1 18.2%). Finally, a longer duration of @entity221 was found to be predictive of more bizarreness at CET (OR=1.06, p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Bipolar @entity1 present impairment in different cognitive domains even in euthymic phases. @entity75 might be associated with a long duration of @entity221 as shown by number of bizarreness at CET in chronic @entity162 @entity1 .
