Brief neuropsychological assessment of adults post-stroke in the left hemisphere/Avaliacao neuropsicologica breve de adultos pos-acidente vascular cerebral em hemisferio esquerdo/Evaluacion neuropsicologica breve de adultos post-accidente cerebrovascular en el hemisferio izquierdo
The neuropsychological assessment investigates cognitive deficits to improve the diagnosis, the prognosis and the rehabilitation of patients. In Brazil, stroke is a major cause of hospitalization and the leading cause of mortality and disability. The stroke in the left hemisphere (LH) is associated...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Avances en psicología latinoamericana 2013-01, Vol.31 (1), p.33 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The neuropsychological assessment investigates cognitive deficits to improve the diagnosis, the prognosis and the rehabilitation of patients. In Brazil, stroke is a major cause of hospitalization and the leading cause of mortality and disability. The stroke in the left hemisphere (LH) is associated with different degrees of loss of language and other cognitive impairments, for example, in the memory. We compared the performance in brief neuropsychological tasks of the left hemisphere post-stroke patients, without moderate or severe aphasia, with healthy controls. A list of 135 patients was selected based on inclusion criteria. The study included 15 patients with left stroke, paired by sex, age and education to 30 neurologically healthy adults. The data resulting from application of the Neupsilin Brief Neuropsychological Assessment Instrument were analyzed with the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U. Adults with LH stroke showed a significant reduction in performance when compared to healthy controls on language, working memory and ideomotor praxis, results also found in other studies of patients with left hemisphere stroke. Keywords: neuropsychological assessment, stroke, left hemisphere A avaliacao neuropsicologica busca identificar funcoes cognitivas deficitarias e preservadas para auxiliar no diagnostico, no prognostico e na reabilitacao do paciente. No Brasil, o AVC e uma das principais causas de internacoes e a primeira causa de mortalidade e incapacitacao. O AVC em hemisferio esquerdo (HE) esta associado a diferentes graus de prejuizo de linguagem e a outros prejuizos cognitivos, por exemplo, na memoria. Objetivou-se comparar o desempenho em tarefas neuropsicologicas breves de pacientes pos-AVC de HE, na ausencia de quadro afasico moderado ou grave, com controles saudaveis. Uma lista de 135 pacientes foi selecionada com base em criterios de inclusao. Participaram do estudo 15 pacientes com lesao vascular esquerda, emparelhados por sexo, idade e escolaridade a 30 adultos neurologicamente saudaveis. Os dados resultantes da aplicacao do Instrumento de Avaliacao Neuropsicologica Breve Neupsilin foram analisados com o Teste nao parametrico U de Mann-Withney. Os adultos com AVC de HE apresentaram reducao significativa no desempenho quando comparados a controles saudaveis em linguagem, memoria de trabalho e praxia ideomotora, resultados tambem encontrados em outros estudos com pacientes com lesao vascular no HE. Palavras-chave: avaliacao neuropsicologica; acident |
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ISSN: | 1794-4724 |