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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. Risk factors

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Performance on the shopping task significantly differentiated patients and healthy controls for several variables and, in particular, for total time. Total time to complete the task correlated significantly with poor performance on measures of processing speed, verbal episodic memory, cognitive flexibility and inhibition. Total time was significantly correlated with poorer everyday life functioning and longer duration of illness. This computerized task is a good proxy measure of the level of everyday life and cognitive functioning of persons diagnosed with alcohol dependency.

Key findings

Performance on the shopping task significantly differentiated patients and healthy controls for several variables and, in particular, for total time.
Total time to complete the task correlated significantly with poor performance on measures of processing speed, verbal episodic memory, cognitive flexibility and inhibition.
Total time was significantly correlated with poorer everyday life functioning and longer duration of illness.
This computerized task is a good proxy measure of the level of everyday life and cognitive functioning of persons diagnosed with alcohol dependency.

Why it matters

This study found that a computerized shopping task distinguished people with alcohol dependency from healthy controls, and slower completion times were linked to poorer thinking skills and everyday functioning. It suggests such tasks could help measure everyday and cognitive functioning in this group, but it does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.

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Study details

Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 31/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Alcohol and Alcoholism)
Journal's citation record	1 / 4	Alcohol and Alcoholism: journal h-index 140 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design	0 / 12	No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation	10 / 10	Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent	1 / 5	2012 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	0 / 4	Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	0 / 3	Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomised / blinded	0 / 2	No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	2 / 7	Cited 13 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	0 / 5	0.8 citations a year over 16 year(s) since 2012
Impact for its field and year	1 / 6	Cited 0.6× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	0 / 6	No other study in this library cites it
Still being cited	0 / 4	Cited 2 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	2 / 4	Last-listed author Frank Larøi: h-index 46 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record	1 / 3	University of Geneva: institution h-index 1,049 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	1 / 3	OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 2 countries
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 22355014)
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Total	31 / 100	—

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APA 7th

Laloyaux, J., Michel, C., Mourad, H., Bertrand, H., Domken, M.-A., Van der Linden, M., et al. (2012). Performance on an Everyday Life Activity in Persons Diagnosed with Alcohol Dependency Compared to Healthy Controls: Relations between a Computerized Shopping Task and Cognitive and Clinical Variables†. Alcohol and Alcoholism. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/ags014

Vancouver

Laloyaux J, Michel C, Mourad H, Bertrand H, Domken M.-A, Van der Linden M, et al. Performance on an Everyday Life Activity in Persons Diagnosed with Alcohol Dependency Compared to Healthy Controls: Relations between a Computerized Shopping Task and Cognitive and Clinical Variables†. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2012. doi:10.1093/alcalc/ags014. PMID: 22355014.

BibTeX

@article{laloyaux2012-22355014,
  author  = {Laloyaux, Julien and Michel, Céline and Mourad, Haitham and Bertrand, Hervé and Domken, Marc-André and Van der Linden, Martial and Larøi, Frank},
  title   = {{Performance on an Everyday Life Activity in Persons Diagnosed with Alcohol Dependency Compared to Healthy Controls: Relations between a Computerized Shopping Task and Cognitive and Clinical Variables†}},
  journal = {Alcohol and Alcoholism},
  year    = {2012},
  doi     = {10.1093/alcalc/ags014},
  pmid    = {22355014},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/ags014}
}

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