title: Battery for ECT Related Cognitive Deficits (B4ECT-ReCoDe): development and validation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treatment of psychiatric disorders is associated with adverse cognitive effects. There is a need to develop a short assessment tool of cognitive functions during the course of ECT.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed at developing and validating a short, sensitive battery to assess cognitive deficits associated with ECT in India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Battery for ECT Related Cognitive Deficits (B4ECT-ReCoDe), a brief cognitive battery (20-30 min) to assess verbal, visual, working and autobiographic memory, sustained attention, psychomotor speed and subjective memory impairment, was administered to 30 in-patients receiving bilateral ECT, one day after the 1st, 3rd and 6th ECT. Data was analysed using repeated measures analysis of variance and Pearson's correlation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant deficits were found in verbal, visual and autobiographic memory, psychomotor speed. Subjective experience of memory loss correlated positively with verbal memory impairment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  B4ECT-ReCoDe, a brief, sensitive measure of cognitive impairments associated with ECT can be used in routine clinical practice.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029, India.
authors: Biju
authors: B
authors: Viswanath
authors: Shashidhara N
authors: SN
authors: Harihara
authors: Abhinav
authors: A
authors: Nahar
authors: Vivek Haridas
authors: VH
authors: Phutane
authors: Aarati
authors: A
authors: Taksal
authors: Jagadisha
authors: J
authors: Thirthalli
authors: Bangalore N
authors: BN
authors: Gangadhar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires