Assessment of executive functions in obese individuals with binge eating disorder

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Duchesne Monica²  Mattos Paulo²  José Carlos Appolinário²  Silvia Regina De Freitas²  Gabriel Coutinho²  Conceição Santos¹  Walmir Coutinho¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Institute of Psychiatry Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brazil

关键词: Binge eating disorder;    Eating disorders;    Obesity;    Neuropsychology;    Cognition;    Transtorno da compulsão alimentar;    Transtornos alimentares;    Obesidade;    Neuropsicologia;    Cognição;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-44462010000400011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess executive functions of obese individuals with binge eating disorder. METHOD: Thirty-eight obese individuals with binge eating disorder were compared to thirty-eight obese controls without binge eating disorder in terms of their executive functions. All individuals were assessed using the following instruments: Digit Span, Trail Making Tests A and B, Stroop Test and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. In addition, four subtests from the Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome Battery were also used, namely the Zoo Map Test, the Modified Six Elements Test, the Action Program Test and the Rule Shift Cards Test. RESULTS: When compared to obese controls, obese individuals with binge eating disorder presented significant impairment in the following tests: Digit Span backward, Zoo Map Test, Modified Six Elements Test, and Action Program Test. Subjects with binge eating disorder also showed significant more set shifting and perseverative errors in the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. In other measures such as the Digit Span Forward, the Trail Making Test, the Stroop Test and the Rule Shift Cards Test, obese subjects with binge eating disorder did not differ significantly from obese subjects without binge eating disorder. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that, in the present sample, obese individuals with binge eating disorder presented executive deficits, especially impairments relating to problem-solving, cognitive flexibility and working memory.

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