[An international neuropsychological assessment tool for children, adolescents, and adults with anorexia nervosa – the German adaptation of the Ravello Profile].
OBJECTIVE
Adults with anorexia nervosa (AN) show weaknesses in several cognitive functions before and after weight restoration. There is a great demand for standardized examinations of executive functioning in the field of child and adolescent AN. Previous studies exhibited methodological inconsistencies regarding test selection and operationalization of cognitive functions, making the interpretation of their findings difficult. In order to overcome these inconsistencies, a neuropsychological assessment tool, the "Ravello Profile," was developed, though previously not available in German. This paper presents a German adaptation of the Ravello Profile and illustrates its applicability in children and adolescents via three case descriptions.


METHODS
The Ravello Profile was adapted for the German-speaking area. The applicability of the Ravello Profile was evaluated in three children and adolescents with AN.


CONCLUSIONS
The cases presented confirm the feasible implementation of this adaptation of the Ravello Profile, both in children and adolescents. Hence, it enables a methodologically consistent examination of executive functioning in German-speaking children, adolescents, and adults with AN. Using the Ravello Profile, the role of cognitive functions in the development of AN can be systematically examined over a broad age range.
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Betteke Maria
BM
van Noort
Ernst
E
Pfeiffer
Ulrike
U
Lehmkuhl
Viola
V
Kappel
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D014175:Translating
Anorexia nervosa; Ravello Profil; Ravello Profile; anorexia nervosa; executive functioning; exekutive Funktionen; neuropsychological test battery; neuropsychologische Testbatterie