title: Brief cognitive assessment and prediction of functional outcome in stroke.
abstract: To evaluate the ability to predict outcome with a brief measure of cognitive ability, we tested consecutive admissions who received inpatient rehabilitation for stroke with the Repeatable Battery for Assessment of Neuropsychological Symptoms (RBANS). Six months later, 34 discharged patients were contacted by telephone and were interviewed using a battery of functional outcome and quality of life measures. Multiple regression analysis showed that inpatient RBANS indexes predicted cognitive disability 6 months later. The present findings support the use of cognitive evaluations of patients with acute stroke to assist with prediction of outcome to be used in treatment planning.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Eric B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Kristi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirschner
authors.forename: Rita K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: Allen W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clorfene
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goodman