title: Cognitive profile in persons with systolic and diastolic heart failure.
abstract: Persons with heart failure (HF) have four times the risk of having cognitive impairment compared with the general population and display different patterns of cognitive impairment. This secondary analysis of a published cross-sectional study of 90 community-dwelling adults examined the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores and HF differentiated as systolic and diastolic HF. Mean MoCA score was 22.9 (standard deviation±2.31) in persons with systolic HF (n=69) and 24.8 (standard deviation±2.76) in persons with diastolic HF (n=21) with statistically significant mean difference between groups (t=-2.025, P=.030). Independent t test on the eight MoCA domain scores and systolic and diastolic HF indicated significance on visuo-spatial/executive function (P=.026), attention (P=.049), abstraction (P=.014), and delayed recall (P=.048). Findings from this study support the need for including persons with systolic and diastolic HF in future researches on identifying varying cognitive profiles to plan tailored cognitive intervention.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. pathilin@health.usf.edu
authors.forename: Ponrathi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Athilingam
authors.forename: Rita F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: D'Aoust
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Leway
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D054144:Heart Failure, Diastolic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D054143:Heart Failure, Systolic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis