STROKE PATIENTS

ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

Authors

  • Sunil G. Maheshwari LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Iqbal LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Sayed Fasih Ahmed Hashmi LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Bikharam Devrajani LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2015.22.05.1263

Keywords:

CVA, congnitive impairment, Minimental examination, stroke

Abstract

Objective: To assess the cognitive impairment in stroke patients. Study Design:
Observational study. Setting: Department of Medicine, Liaquat University of Medical & Health
Sciences Hospital Jamshoro and Hyderabad. Period: 01stAugust 2013 to 1stFeburary 2014.
Methods: One hundredpatients with the established diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident
(CVA)or stroke were recruited by purposive sampling technique after obtaining a well informed
consent. Socio-demographic data on a semi-structured proforma were recorded. Mini-Mental
State Examination test was used to assess the cognitive impairment. Results: Cognitive
impairment was found in all the patients with stroke. Moderate cognitive impairment was found
in 57%, mild cognitive impairment in 29% and severe cognitive impairment in 14% of stroke
patients. Conclusion: Cognitive impairment was present in almost all the stroke patients and
we noticed that moderate cognitive impairment was very common.

Author Biographies

Sunil G. Maheshwari, LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

M.B.B.S, M.D-II Trainee
Department of Medicine

Muhammad Iqbal, LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

MBBS, FCPS
Associate professor
Department of Medicine

Sayed Fasih Ahmed Hashmi, LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

MBBS, FCPS
Assistant professor
Department of Medicine

Bikharam Devrajani, LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

Professor of Internal Medicine and
Director of Medical Research Center

Downloads

Published

2015-05-10

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 05 (2015): Vol: 22 No. 05

Section

Articles