Who should undergo a comprehensive cognitive assessment after a stroke? A cognitive risk score.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To validate the ability of a specifically developed cognitive risk score to identify patients at risk of poststroke neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) who are eligible for a comprehensive cognitive assessment.

Methods

After assessing 404 patients (infarct 91.3%) in the Groupe de Réflexion pour l'Evaluation Cognitive VASCulaire (GRECogVASC) cross-sectional study with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Canadian Stroke Network battery 6 months after stroke, we used multivariable logistic regression and bootstrap analyses to determine factors associated with NCDs. Independent, internally validated factors were included in a cognitive risk score.

Results

Cognitive impairment was present in 170 of the 320 patients with a Rankin Scale score ≥1

SUBMITTER: Godefroy O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6260202 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature