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Prevalence of cognitive impairment and its association with clinical variables among Patients with Mood Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

S. Nahar  and
M. Khan
S. Nahar*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health, Psychiatry, Dhaka South, Bangladesh
M. Khan
Affiliation:
Sohrawardy Medical College Hospital, Psychiatry, Dhaka, Bangladesh
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Mood disorders are common psychiatric illnesses with major disability and mortality and it is estimated that 8% to 20% of the population experience a depressive episode at some point in their lives.

Objectives

To find out the prevalence of cognitive impairment among patients with Mood Disorders i.e, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Bipolar Mood Disorder (BMD), etc. and to find out the status of cognitive impairment with clinical variables of Mood Disorders.

Methods

This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among the patients attending both the inpatient and outpatient departments of the National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka. The duration of the study was fourteen months starting from July 2011 to September 2012. A total of one hundred and thirty-three (n=133) patients who fulfilled the inclusion-exclusion criteria were selected.

Results

The mean age of onset of mood disorder was 30.1± 10.7years.60.2% were male and 39.8% were female respondents. Cognitive impairment was found among 43.6% of the respondents. A substantial proportion of the study population was found to have cognitive impairment. In this study, the cognitive status of the respondents was not associated with the duration of illness (p>0.5).

Conclusions

So assessment of cognitive status should be an essential part of the management of this group of people.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Mood disordersbipolar disordersCOGNITIVEdepressive disorders
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S866
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