A study of attention networks in the patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder

VernacularTitle:强迫症和广泛性焦虑障碍患者注意网络功能比较
Author: Rui TAO ; Liling GAO ; Keyong WANG ; Wen XIE ; Chunyan ZHU ; Liangjun PANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Generalized anxiety disorder; Attention network
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2014;23(9):786-788
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the attention network in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).Methods 31 GAD patients,31 OCD patients and 30 healthy controls (HC) were tested with attention network test.Results There were significant differences in the main effects with respect to the alerting network(15.87±5.24,26.77±4.33,34.87±3.47) (F=4.619,P=0.012)) and the executive network(114.84±9.64,122.45±5.57,96.57±5.45) (F=3.388,P=0.038) among the OCD,GAD and HC groups.The three groups did significantly differ in RT of the attention network (F=19.808,P=0.000).For the HC group,there was significant main effects with respect to cue conditions(F=29.699,P=0.000).There was a significant correlation between the executive network and Hamilton anxiety scale (r=0.351) and also a significantly negative correlation between the alerting network and Hamilton depression scale (r=-0.267).Conclusion There are attention network damages in patients with OCD and GAD,which may be involved in the impairment of emotion.