Motor and Cognitive Performance in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis with Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy.

ABSTRACT: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is associated with mild cognitive impairment and frailty. This study aims to identify cognitive and motor differences in cirrhotic patients with and without MHE, and the correlations between motor signs and cognitive performance. Gait, balance, hand strength and motor speed performance were evaluated in 66 cirrhotic patients (38 without and 28 with MHE, according to the Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES). Cognitive performance was measured with the Mini-Mental State Examination, Verbal Fluency Test, Aprendizaje Verbal España-Complutense Test (TAVEC), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III, Hamilton Depression and Anxiety Rating Scale and Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST). MHE patients performed worse than patients without MHE in cogn

SUBMITTER: San Martin-Valenzuela C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7408738 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature