[Evaluation of the intelligence level in patients following craniocerebral injuries].
The purpose of the study was to find out whether persistent depression of intellectual functions after craniocerebral injuries occurs also outside the group of very severe traumas and what is the role played by the degree of injury, the age of the patient and the length of time after trauma. Using Wechsler's test for adults 150 men were tested who had had from 1 to 10 years earlier craniocerebral injuries. The sustained injuries were classified according to the severity and permanent neurological sequelae. A control group of 50 individuals was tested similarly. The study showed that craniocerebral injuries caused permanent depression of intellectual functions also in the cases of less severe injuries, and that the degree of trauma severity was not always correlated significantly with the degree of intellectual impairment. It was shown that in the subjects with skull trauma sustained at the age above 40 years intellectual impairment caused by trauma was greater (significance level p less than 0.002) than in younger subjects.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014888:Wechsler Scales
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