Are Weight Status and Cognition Associated?: An Examination of Cognitive Development in Children and Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa 1 Year after First Hospitalisation

Gry Kjaersdam Telléus; Birgitte Fagerlund; Jens Richardt Jepsen; Mette Bentz; Eva Christiansen; Jan Brink Valentin; Per Hove Thomsen

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Are Weight Status and Cognition Associated? An Examination of Cognitive Development in Children and Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa 1 Year after First Hospitalisation

Gry Kjaersdam Telléus, Birgitte Fagerlund, Jens Richardt Jepsen, Mette Bentz, Eva Christiansen, Jan Brink Valentin, Per Hove Thomsen

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to characterise the association between the cognitive profile and weight restoration in children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

METHODS: The study was a longitudinal, matched case-control, multicentre study. An assessment of cognitive functions was conducted by using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III/the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III, the Test of Memory and Learning-second edition, Trail Making Tests A and B, the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test and the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery.

RESULTS: One hundred twenty individuals, 60 patients with anorexia nervosa with mean age of 14.65 (SD 1.820) years and 60 healthy controls with mean age of 14.76 (SD 1.704) years, participated. No association was found between weight recovery and cognitive functions. However, a significant increase in motor speed was found in Trail Making Test A (p = 0.004), Reaction Time (RTI) five-choice movement time (p = 0.002) and RTI simple movement time (p = 0.011), resulting in a normalisation corresponding to that found in healthy controls. Furthermore, a significantly lower score in the perceptual organization index (p = 0.029) was found at follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS: Weight recovery appears not to be associated with cognition.

Original language	English
Journal	European Eating Disorders Review
Volume	24
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	366–376
Number of pages	11
ISSN	1072-4133
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2445
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Kjaersdam Telléus, G., Fagerlund, B., Jepsen, J. R., Bentz, M., Christiansen, E., Valentin, J. B., & Thomsen, P. H. (2016). Are Weight Status and Cognition Associated? An Examination of Cognitive Development in Children and Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa 1 Year after First Hospitalisation. European Eating Disorders Review, 24(5), 366–376. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2445

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Kjaersdam Telléus, G, Fagerlund, B, Jepsen, JR, Bentz, M, Christiansen, E, Valentin, JB & Thomsen, PH 2016, 'Are Weight Status and Cognition Associated? An Examination of Cognitive Development in Children and Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa 1 Year after First Hospitalisation', European Eating Disorders Review, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 366–376. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2445

Are Weight Status and Cognition Associated? An Examination of Cognitive Development in Children and Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa 1 Year after First Hospitalisation. / Kjaersdam Telléus, Gry; Fagerlund, Birgitte; Jepsen, Jens Richardt et al.
In: European Eating Disorders Review, Vol. 24, No. 5, 2016, p. 366–376.

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