title: [Short-term therapeutic prognosis of cognitive impairment with cerebrovascular diseases in chronic stages].
abstract: Utilizing data from seven independent double-blind controlled trials for cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) in chronic stages, a study was performed to describe the short-term prognosis of cognitive impairment with CVD patients and to identify correlating factors. 943 patients out of 2,818 with CVD (cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage and brain arteriosclerosis) were selected. The subjects had more than moderate intellectual deterioration, i.e., less than 21.5 points on Hasegawa's dementia scale (HDS) at the baseline of the trials. The improvement rate was estimated at 11% (102/943) with more than a 10 point change on HDS in 8 weeks and 34% (322/943) with more than a 5 point change. Long duration of illness, old age, severe initial global severity rating and severe initial cognitive impairment were correlated significantly with aggravation of cognitive impairment. However, sex, type of CVD, complication and rehabilitation were not markedly related with aggravation. In addition, it appeared clear that there was a tendency of improving cognitive impairment on patients with severe subjective symptoms (vertigo, headache, dull headache, feeling of congestion), anxiety, irritability in consequence of the covariance analysis of adjusting for duration of illness, age, global severity and initial cognitive impairment. On the other hand, incontinence, impairment of activities of daily living (excretion), motor weakness and low total protein correlated significantly with aggravation. These findings might be explained on the basis of changes in stages from reversible to irreversible with cognitive impairment, the contribution of aging and the influence of peripheral symptoms.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors