Open AccessProfiling cognitive deficits in intra-axial and extra-axial tumors using addenbrooke's cognitive examination as a screening tool: An Indian experience
Author(s) -
Sandhya Cherkil,
Dilip Panikar,
Deepak Kuttikkattu Soman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_34_15
Subject(s) - cognition , medicine , recall , audiology , verbal fluency test , verbal memory , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , neuropsychology , cognitive test , neuropsychological assessment , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , cognitive psychology
Tumors of the brain, whether intra- or extra-axial, results in cognitive deficits. The aim of the present study was to profile cognitive deficits using Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Malayalam (ACE-M) as a screen and to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the same.