وثيقة

Neurocognitive functioning in women presenting with undifferentiated somatoform disorders in Oman.

المعرف
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02117.x
مؤلف
المساهمون
Zaidan, Ziad., مؤلف
الناشر
Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology.
ميلادي
2010-10
اللغة
الأنجليزية
الملخص الإنجليزي
Aim: There is a dearth of research from non-Western populations focusing on neurocognitive functioning in patients presenting with undifferentiated somatoform disorders. The aim of the present quest is to examine the presence of cognitive impairment and other health-related parameters among attendees at psychiatric settings in Oman, an Arab/Islamic country, with a diagnosis of undifferentiated somatoform disorder. Method: In order to compare the performance of patients diagnosed with undifferentiated somatoform disorder (n = 20) and normal healthy subjects (n = 18) on indices of attention and concentration, tests of executive functioning, mood, somatization and vegetative functioning were carried out. Results: The performance of patients with undifferentiated somatoform disorder differed from that of normal healthy subjects on the presently operationalized indices of working memory and executive functioning, anxiety, quality of sleep and psychosomatically expressed psychological distress. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first study highlighting neurocognitive functioning in patients with undifferentiated somatoform disorders from a non-Western population. This type of study has the potential of shedding light on the covariates of such a debilitating and intransigent condition as undifferentiated somatoform disorder.
ISSN
1323-1316
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