PURPOSE: To evaluate cognitive function in a group of elderly patients with focal epilepsy versus healthy controls. METHODS: A neuropsychological battery assessing major cognitive domains was administered to 40 patients with focal epilepsy aged > or = 60 years, and to 40 controls matched for sex, age, and education. RESULTS: Epilepsy patients performed significantly worse in most of the administered tests than controls (p < 0.05). Poor cognitive performances correlated with use of polytherapy. CONCLUSIONS: Given the high prevalence of epilepsy in the elderly, our results could have important implications for clinical and research purposes
Elderly people and epilepsy : cognitive function / A. Piazzini, M.P. Canevini, K. Turner, R. Chifari, R. Canger. - In: EPILEPSIA. - ISSN 0013-9580. - 47:Suppl. 5(2006), pp. 82-84.
Elderly people and epilepsy : cognitive function
M.P. CaneviniSecondo
;R. CangerUltimo
2006
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate cognitive function in a group of elderly patients with focal epilepsy versus healthy controls. METHODS: A neuropsychological battery assessing major cognitive domains was administered to 40 patients with focal epilepsy aged > or = 60 years, and to 40 controls matched for sex, age, and education. RESULTS: Epilepsy patients performed significantly worse in most of the administered tests than controls (p < 0.05). Poor cognitive performances correlated with use of polytherapy. CONCLUSIONS: Given the high prevalence of epilepsy in the elderly, our results could have important implications for clinical and research purposesPubblicazioni consigliate
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