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ArticleEndocrinology, diabetes & metabolism2021

Impaired neuropsychological functioning in patients with hypopituitarism.

Tessa N A Slagboom, Jan Berend Deijen, Christa C Van Bunderen, Hans A Knoop, Madeleine L Drent

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Article in Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tessa N A SlagboomAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Amsterdam Neuroscience Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Jan Berend DeijenHersencentrum Mental Health Institute Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Christa C Van BunderenAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Amsterdam Neuroscience Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Hans A KnoopAmsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Psychology Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Madeleine L DrentAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Amsterdam Neuroscience Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Amsterdam Neuroscience · NLSURFsara (Netherlands) · NLUniversity of Amsterdam · NLVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Treatment of pituitary pathology mostly does not result in complete recovery of impairment in cognitive functioning. The primary aim of the current study was to assess cognitive impairment in patients with stable replacement therapy for hypopituitarism during the last 6 months prior to inclusion. It was expected that patients showed subjective and objective subnormal scores on neuropsychological functioning. Methods: Forty-two patients (40% men, 49 ± 15 years) treated for hypopituitarism conducted a neuropsychological test battery, including the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ), 15-Word test (15-WT), Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) Motor Screening Task (MOT), Spatial Working Memory (SWM) and Affective Go/No-go (AGN). Results were compared to reference values of healthy norm groups. Results: Male and female participants scored significantly worse on the CFQ ( Conclusion: This study shows that subjective cognitive functioning is worse in patients treated for hypopituitarism compared to reference data. Also, female participants treated for hypopituitarism score worse on objective aspects of memory and executive functioning compared to reference data. Besides worse focus attention, this objective cognitive impairment was not found in male participants. It is recommended to conduct additional research, which focuses on the design and evaluation of a cognitive remediation therapy, aimed at compensation of impairments in different aspects of memory and executive functioning.

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AdultCognitionCognitive DysfunctionExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansHypopituitarismMaleMemoryMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsSex Factorscognitionexecutive functionhypopituitarisminformation processingmemoryneuropsychologypituitary

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PMID33532607
PMCPMC7831215
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