Comparison of retrospective and prospective memory in subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Retrospective and prospective memory deficits play a role in maintaining and perpetuating the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but less is known about these deficits in different subtypes of OCD. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the retrospective and prospective memory in...
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| Published in: | European journal of translational myology Vol. 34; no. 1 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
09-02-2024
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| Summary: | Retrospective and prospective memory deficits play a role in maintaining and perpetuating the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but less is known about these deficits in different subtypes of OCD. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the retrospective and prospective memory in patients suffering from cleaning, checking, symmetry, and religious obsessions. In a comparative causal method, 60 participants aged 28 to 55, in 2023, were selected by convenience sampling and placed in five groups of individuals with cleaning, checking, symmetry, religious obsessions, and a healthy group. Participants completed self-report questionnaires and neurocognitive tools. Results showed that defects in retrospective memory were significant in all types of obsessions (p<0.05) except religious obsessions. Also, this defect was more severe in checking obsession disorder compared to other types of OCD. Also, the finding indicated that the defect in prospective memory was significant only in checking obsession disorder (p<0.05). Retrospective and prospective memory impairments and their relationship with deficits in executive functions can be different depending on the type of OCD. Based on the findings, impairment of executive function indirectly by impacting the impairment of other cognitive mechanisms diminishes confidence in retrospective and prospective memory which leads to compulsive behaviors in individuals with contamination and checking obsessions. Also, the impairment of retrospective memory in symmetry obsessions might have a relationship with information encoding, which in turn leads to difficulty recalling information from memory. |
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| Bibliography: | MTY: conceptualization, writing and editing of the manuscript, statistical analysis, review and editing; MRS: review and editing, conceptualization; SJ: methodology, data collection, editing of the manuscript; TGH: writing and editing of the manuscript; TH: review and editing. All authors read and approved the final edited manuscript. All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher. Conflict of Interest The authors declare they have no financial, personal, or other conflicts of interest. Disclaimer Contributions of Authors |
| ISSN: | 2037-7452 2037-7460 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/ejtm.2024.12221 |