Prospective memory in bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis

Abstract

There are conflicting findings about prospective memory (PM) performance in bipolar disorder. This meta-analysis systematically examined PM in patients with bipolar disorders. Articles were systematically searched in both English and Chinese databases, from their inception to Nov 15, 2016. Only case-control studies on PM in bipolar patients were included for analyses. The random effect model was used in all meta-analytic outcomes. Four studies (n = 390) comparing PM performance between patients with bipolar disorder (n = 208) and healthy controls (n = 182) were included. Three studies were rated as “high quality”, while the quality of evidence in 3 meta-analyzable outcomes ranged from “moder..