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Selective Attention and Information Processing Speed in Graves’ Disease: Stroop Interference Effect
Background Cognitive functions are affected by thyroid hormones. In this study, we aimed to investigate the selective attention and information processing speed in thyrotoxic Graves’ disease. Methodology This study was conducted among 40 patients with thyrotoxic Graves’ disease and age and gender-ma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062313/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33903835 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14072 |
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author | Ekinci, İskender Ekinci, Esra Buyukkaba, Mitat Cinar, Ahmet Kirac Utku, İrem Ozkan, Hanise Tunc, Muhammed Kumbasar, Abdulbaki Tabak, Omur |
author_facet | Ekinci, İskender Ekinci, Esra Buyukkaba, Mitat Cinar, Ahmet Kirac Utku, İrem Ozkan, Hanise Tunc, Muhammed Kumbasar, Abdulbaki Tabak, Omur |
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description | Background Cognitive functions are affected by thyroid hormones. In this study, we aimed to investigate the selective attention and information processing speed in thyrotoxic Graves’ disease. Methodology This study was conducted among 40 patients with thyrotoxic Graves’ disease and age and gender-matched 40 healthy controls. Stroop Color and Word test were applied to healthy controls once and to patients with Graves’ disease during thyrotoxic and euthyroid periods. Stroop interference effect was calculated. Results The mean age was 34.67 ± 11 in the Graves’ group and 34.72 ± 9.16 in the control group (p > 0.05). The number of errors and self-corrections in Stroop Color and Word test was higher in patients with thyrotoxic Graves’ disease than both patients with euthyroid Graves’ disease and healthy controls (p < 0.05). Stroop interference effect was significantly longer in patients with thyrotoxic Graves’ disease than both patients with euthyroid Graves’ disease and healthy controls (p < 0.05). All parameters obtained from the Stroop Color and Word test including errors, self-corrections, and Stroop interference effect were similar in patients with euthyroid Graves’ disease and healthy controls. Conclusions Selective attention was impaired and information processing speed was slow in patients with thyrotoxic Graves’ disease, and these findings were associated with age and educational level. After becoming euthyroid through antithyroid medication, these pathological findings returned to normal levels. Additionally, Stroop interference effect was significantly decreased when patients with Graves’ disease became euthyroid. |
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spelling | pubmed-80623132021-04-25 Selective Attention and Information Processing Speed in Graves’ Disease: Stroop Interference Effect Ekinci, İskender Ekinci, Esra Buyukkaba, Mitat Cinar, Ahmet Kirac Utku, İrem Ozkan, Hanise Tunc, Muhammed Kumbasar, Abdulbaki Tabak, Omur Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Background Cognitive functions are affected by thyroid hormones. In this study, we aimed to investigate the selective attention and information processing speed in thyrotoxic Graves’ disease. Methodology This study was conducted among 40 patients with thyrotoxic Graves’ disease and age and gender-matched 40 healthy controls. Stroop Color and Word test were applied to healthy controls once and to patients with Graves’ disease during thyrotoxic and euthyroid periods. Stroop interference effect was calculated. Results The mean age was 34.67 ± 11 in the Graves’ group and 34.72 ± 9.16 in the control group (p > 0.05). The number of errors and self-corrections in Stroop Color and Word test was higher in patients with thyrotoxic Graves’ disease than both patients with euthyroid Graves’ disease and healthy controls (p < 0.05). Stroop interference effect was significantly longer in patients with thyrotoxic Graves’ disease than both patients with euthyroid Graves’ disease and healthy controls (p < 0.05). All parameters obtained from the Stroop Color and Word test including errors, self-corrections, and Stroop interference effect were similar in patients with euthyroid Graves’ disease and healthy controls. Conclusions Selective attention was impaired and information processing speed was slow in patients with thyrotoxic Graves’ disease, and these findings were associated with age and educational level. After becoming euthyroid through antithyroid medication, these pathological findings returned to normal levels. Additionally, Stroop interference effect was significantly decreased when patients with Graves’ disease became euthyroid. Cureus 2021-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8062313/ /pubmed/33903835 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14072 Text en Copyright © 2021, Ekinci et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Ekinci, İskender Ekinci, Esra Buyukkaba, Mitat Cinar, Ahmet Kirac Utku, İrem Ozkan, Hanise Tunc, Muhammed Kumbasar, Abdulbaki Tabak, Omur Selective Attention and Information Processing Speed in Graves’ Disease: Stroop Interference Effect |
title | Selective Attention and Information Processing Speed in Graves’ Disease: Stroop Interference Effect |
title_full | Selective Attention and Information Processing Speed in Graves’ Disease: Stroop Interference Effect |
title_fullStr | Selective Attention and Information Processing Speed in Graves’ Disease: Stroop Interference Effect |
title_full_unstemmed | Selective Attention and Information Processing Speed in Graves’ Disease: Stroop Interference Effect |
title_short | Selective Attention and Information Processing Speed in Graves’ Disease: Stroop Interference Effect |
title_sort | selective attention and information processing speed in graves’ disease: stroop interference effect |
topic | Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062313/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33903835 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14072 |
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