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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Higher-Order Language Dysfunctions in Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder.

Ewa Karabanowicz, Ernest Tyburski, Karol Karasiewicz, Adrianna Bober, Leszek Sagan, Monika Mak, Wioletta Radziwiłłowicz

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ewa KarabanowiczInstitute of Psychology, University of Szczecin, 69 Krakowska Str., 71-017 Szczecin, Poland.
Ernest TyburskiInstitute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 10 Kutrzeby Str., 61-719 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4658-9119
Karol KarasiewiczInstitute of Psychology, University of Szczecin, 69 Krakowska Str., 71-017 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5890-6118
Adrianna BoberInstitute of Psychology, University of Szczecin, 69 Krakowska Str., 71-017 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2242-2311
Leszek SaganDepartment of Neurosurgery, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 1 Unii Lubelskiej Str., 71-252 Szczecin, Poland.
Monika MakDepartment of Health Psychology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 26 Broniewskiego Str., 71-457 Szczecin, Poland.
Wioletta RadziwiłłowiczInstitute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, 4 Bażyńskiego Str., 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with alcohol use disorders (AUD) have difficulties with certain aspects of higher-order language functions (HOLF) but there is no data on a wide range of these functions in this group. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare different aspects of HOLF in patients with AUD and healthy controls (HC). A total of 31 patients with AUD and 44 HC took part in the study. We assessed HOLF with the Right Hemisphere Language Battery (RHLB) and measured control variables: depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) as well as the speed of processing and executive functions with the Color Trails Test (CTT). Patients with AUD had lower results on nine RHLB tests. Moreover, AUD patients had higher scores on PHQ and longer reaction times on CTT. The differences in most RHLB results remained significant after co-varying the control variables. Patients with AUD have difficulties with making inferences from the text, understanding the meaning of individual words, metaphorical content, and prosody, which may impede the comprehension and production of discourse in which linguistic elements must be integrated with non-verbal cues and contextual information. These disturbances may impact various spheres of everyday life and negatively influence social, private, and professional functioning.

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alcohol use disorderAUDdepressionexecutive functionshigher-order language functionsspeed of processing

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PMCPMC8471652

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