Impaired Awareness in People with Severe Alcohol-Related Cognitive Deficits Including Korskoff's Syndrome: A Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Impaired awareness of one's own functioning is highly common in people with Korsakoff's syndrome (KS). However, it is currently unclear how awareness relates to impairments in daily functioning and quality of life (QoL).

Methods

We assessed how impaired awareness relates to cognitive, behavioral, physical, and social functioning and QoL by applying a network analysis. We used cross-sectional data from 215 patients with KS or other severe alcohol-related cognitive deficits living in Dutch long-term care facilities (LTCFs).

Results

Apathy has the most central position in the network. Higher apathy scores relate positively to reduced cognition and to a greater decline in activities of daily living and negatively to social participation and the use of antipsych

SUBMITTER: Fidder H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10178999 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature