[Cognitive impairments among diabetic patients].
Diabetes is a metabolic condition of various aetiology. It is characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with the disorder of metabolism of carbohydrates, fat and proteins as a result of giving off defects and/or working insulin. Cognitive functions are these psychological functions which the human needs in order to be knowledgeable about surroundings, to get the information about oneself and your body, to analyse the situations, to formulate conclusions, to take right decisions or to function. The aim of the study was to find the answer to the question about character of diabetes' influence on cognitive functions of patients and to examine cognitive differences between all diabetic patients and patients with brain damages.


METHODS
The group of 95 people was individually examined. People who took part in the investigation (aged from 18 to 55) were divided into three groups: patients with type 1 diabetes (n=31), patients with type 2 diabetes (n=31) and patients with brain damage (n=33). In the research were used several neuropsychological methods.


RESULTS
Relevant statistical differences among examined group were observed.


CONCLUSIONS
All diabetic patients achieved higher results in psychological test than people with brain injury.
Talarowska
Monika
M
Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi, Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych. talarowskamonika@wp.pl
Florkowski
Antoni
A
Gałecki
Piotr
P
Orzechowska
Agata
A
Janiak
Marcin
M
Zboralski
Krzysztof
K
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D015984:Causality; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged