Open AccessDOES HEAD INJURY LEAD TO COGNITIVE DETERIORATION
Author(s) -
Kunzes Dolma,
Puja Sharma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gap indian journal of forensics and behavioural sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-8177
DOI - 10.47968/gapijfbs.21004
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , traumatic brain injury , cognition , neuropsychological assessment , head injury , psychology , cognitive skill , medicine , clinical psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , audiology , psychiatry
Background: After any traumatic injury to brain, the brain doesn’t heal completely and that’s why some effects willbe permanent leading to loss in cognitive function, behavior and emotions. The Aim is to study the cognitivefunctioning and evaluate the extent of cognitive loss in patients with Traumatic Brain injury. Methodology: Asample of 50 out-patients was taken from hospital. PGI BBD was used to assess the cognitive functioning. Resultsindicated that domains on memory showed severe dysfunction, intelligence was moderately impaired andperceptual motor skills were mildly impaired. Out of the total number patients, 26% has no neuropsychologicaldisability, 40% had mild disability, 24% of the patients have moderate level of disability and only 10% had severeneuropsychological disability. There is no significant relationship between age, education, duration of illness withNeuropsychological disability. Conclusion: Patients with TBI have some extent of dysfunction in memory,Intelligence, perceptual motor skills causing mild neuropsychological disability in 40% of the TBI cases. There is nosignificant relationship between age, education, duration of illness and neuropsychological disability.