Open AccessFREQUENCY OF FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS IN SUB-ACUTE STROKE PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Aisha Sarfaraz,
Abdul Azeem,
Mehwish Waseem Butt,
Muhammad Umar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.10.2/013
Subject(s) - barthel index , stroke (engine) , cognition , correlation , medicine , acute stroke , mini–mental state examination , cognitive impairment , physical therapy , test (biology) , activities of daily living , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , paleontology , geometry , mathematics , emergency department , engineering , biology
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVEStroke is a very common neurological condition affects various aspects of health. The primary objective of this study was to find out the frequency of functional disability and cognitive impairments in Sub-acute Stroke patients.MATERIAL AND METHODSA cross-sectional survey was conducted on 112 Sub-acute Stroke patients in Karachi, Pakistan. Using Barthel Index (BI) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) test was used to find out the frequency of functional disability and cognitive impairments of Sub-acute Stroke patients.RESULTSThe correlation of BI scores with MMSE scores for the Male gender was 0.576 whilst the correlation of BI scores with MMSE scores for the Female gender was 0.440. The severity of functional disability concerning age groups assessed P-value was 0.026 using Chi-Square Test. The severity of functional disability (BI severity) concerning gender, P-value was found 0.097 using the same test.CONCLUSIONFunctional Disability is directly linked with age. However, there was no linkage established between Cognitive Impairment and age as well as gender. On close inspection, there was a trend between Functional disability and gender but not statistically significant.