title: Neuropsychological findings in young-adult stroke patients.
abstract: There are few data on neuropsychological deficits in young-adult stroke patients. This study investigates cognitive conditions in a young-adult stroke population, as well as tasks that detect their neuropsychological impairment. Forty 18- to 47-year-old stroke patients, and a matched control group, completed a neuropsychological battery to evaluate deficits related to cognition, daily activities and mood. Patients performed worse than controls; five patients were classified as demented, three had global cognitive impairment and eight partial cognitive impairment. Cognitive impairment was more closely associated with reduced performance of daily activities than with motor deficits.
authors.affiliation: Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant' Andrea, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Via di Grottarossa, 1035, 00189 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Rosalba
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patella
authors.forename: Camillo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: Maurizia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rasura
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D008609:Mental Status Schedule / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment