Prevalence and short-term changes of cognitive dysfunction in young ischaemic stroke patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Information on the prevalence and course of post-stroke cognitive impairment in young stroke patients is limited. The aim was to assess a consecutive sample of acute young ischaemic stroke patients (18-55 years) for the presence and development of neuropsychological deficits.

Methods

Patients prospectively underwent a comprehensive clinical and cognitive assessment, examining general cognitive function, processing speed, attention, flexibility/executive function and word fluency within the first 3 weeks after hospital admission (median assessment at day 6) and at a 3 months' follow-up (FU). Cognitive dysfunction was defined in comparison to age-standardized published norms.

Results

At baseline (N = 114), deficits were highly prevalent in process

SUBMITTER: Pinter D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6491967 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature