Temporal orientation in patients with brain disease.
A brief schedule of questions, based on empirically derived norms, disclosed significant inaccuracy in temporal orientation in 24% of a groups of nonaphasic patients with brain disease. Conventional neurological examination detected temporal disorientation in only 15%. Patients with bilateral lesions showed a higher frequency of temporal disorientation than did those with inilateral lesions. In a group of 15 aphasic patients, 5 (33%) showed evidence of temporal disorientation according to the test while only 3 (20%) were detected on clinical examination. It is suggested that a schedule of questions scored on the basis of empirically derived norms should be incorporated into the neurological examination to assess temporal orientation.
D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003933:Diagnosis / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009949:Orientation; D013998:Time Perception