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P1–131: Acute phase and following phase in transient global amnesia
Author(s) -
Lee Jung Seok,
Baek MinJae,
Kim SangYun,
Kim Min Ky,
Eah Kyung-Yoon
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2006.05.507
Subject(s) - transient global amnesia , episodic memory , verbal fluency test , neuropsychology , psychology , memory disorder , temporal lobe , amnesia , frontal lobe , audiology , neuropsychological test , medicine , neuroscience , epilepsy , cognitive disorder , psychiatry , cognition , cognitive impairment
practitioners’ and geriatrician’s evaluation was 12 months); there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (suspects and nonsuspects) in relation to age (p 0.55) and schooling (p 0.27); 29 (19%) were classified as suspects, and 24 of them underwent neuropsychological evaluation. Twenty-one had neuropsychologically confirmed cognitive impairment. No mention to cognitive impairment was found in the None of the medical (general practitioners’ files of any of these 21 cases (neither in 25 cases without cognitive impairment). Conclusion: The prevalence of cognitive impairment in the elderly of this study is similar to the prevalence reported in hospital-sets by other authors. Our findings reinforce the knowledge that general practitioners do not usually screen for cognitive impairment in their working sets. In many countries, elderly people still get medical assessment only in general practice sets.