Subjective cognitive deficits and its correlates among patients with bipolar disorder: Findings from the bipolar disorder course and outcome study from India (BiD-CoIN study)

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of subjective cognitive complaints and their association with clinical variables, insight, and disability. Methodology: Seven hundred and seventy-Three subjects with bipolar disorder (BD), recruited across 14 centers, currently in the euthymic phase were cross-sectionally evaluated on Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA). Results: The mean total COBRA score was 9.79 (SD: 6.99), and 322 (41.7%) of the participants were found to have subjective cognitive complaints when the cut-off of >10 was used. Compared to those without cognitive complaints, those with cognitive complaints more often had depression as the first episode in their lifetime, had a higher prevalence of alcohol dependence, a higher number of depressive episodes (first five years of illness, lifetime, and per year of illness), a higher number of manic episodes in the first five years of illness, more often had depressive or indeterminate predominant polarity, lower prevalence of at least one-lifetime episode with psychotic symptoms, higher severity of residual symptoms, spent more time in the episodes in the lifetime, had poorer insight and higher disability. Conclusion: The present study suggests subjective complaints complaints are associated with more severe illness, higher levels of residual symptoms, poor insight, and higher disability.

First Page

345

Last Page

355

DOI

10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_367_22

Publication Date

5-1-2023

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