title: Neuropsychological variables and clinical status in anorexia nervosa: relationship between visuospatial memory and central coherence and eating disorder symptom severity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between visuospatial memory, weak central coherence, and eating disorder (ED) symptoms in anorexia nervosa (AN) inpatients.
  
  
  METHODS
  31 female AN inpatients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rey complex figure test (RCFT) was used to assess both visuospatial memory and central coherence. RCFT consisted of copy and recall trials. ED symptoms were assessed by The Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and The Clinical and Research Inventory for Eating Disorders (CR-EAT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found a statistically significant negative correlation between recall accuracy and the total EDE-Q score. Furthermore, recall accuracy and recall central coherence significantly negatively correlate with several EDE-Q and CR-EAT scales.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings may contribute to a better understanding of cognitive impairments specifically in ED, and to refining interventions aiming at their improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 11, 120 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic, svetlana.zuchova@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zuchova
authors.forename: Ales Antonin
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kubena
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Erler
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Papezova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index