title: Everyday cognitive functioning in cardiac patients: relationships between self-report, report of a significant other and cognitive test performance.
abstract: Candidates for cardiac bypass surgery often experience cognitive decline. Such decline is likely to affect their everyday cognitive functioning. The aim of the present study was to compare cardiac patients' ratings of their everyday cognitive functioning against significant others' ratings and selected neuropsychological tests. Sixty-nine patients completed a battery of standardised cognitive tests. Patients and significant others also completed the Everyday Function Questionnaire independently of each other. Patient and significant other ratings of patients' everyday cognitive difficulties were found to be similar. Despite the similarities in ratings of difficulties, some everyday cognitive tasks were attributed to different processes. Patients' and significant others' ratings were most closely associated with the neuropsychological test of visual memory. Tests of the patients' verbal memory and fluency were only related to significant others' ratings. Test scores of attention and planning were largely unrelated to ratings by either patients or their significant others.
authors: Heart Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia. peter.elliott@heartresearchcentre.org
authors: Peter C
authors: PC
authors: Elliott
authors: Geoff
authors: G
authors: Smith
authors: Christine S
authors: CS
authors: Ernest
authors: Barbara M
authors: BM
authors: Murphy
authors: Marian U C
authors: MU
authors: Worcester
authors: Rosemary O
authors: RO
authors: Higgins
authors: Michael R
authors: MR
authors: Le Grande
authors: Alan J
authors: AJ
authors: Goble
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Andrewes
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Tatoulis
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013060:Speech; D013067:Speech Perception; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014796:Visual Perception