Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 39 No. 4, 2000.
Stručni rad
Continuous Rehabilitation of Elderly Stroke Patients in the Prevention of Mental and Memory Disabilities
Niko Glavić
Josip Lopižić
Josip Glavić
Sažetak
Increasing attention has been paid to the problem of dementia in neurology, in its scientific, clinical and practical aspects. New diagnostic technology, and perspectives of prevention and treatment have transferred medical interest from the phenomenological, predominantly psychiatric view to the etiologic, organic aspect which is by nature closer to neurology. The aim of the study was to evaluate the contribution of continuous physical and mental rehabilitation of elderly patients with ischemic stroke resulting in motor deficiency, in the prevention of dementia syndrome. The patients were divided into two groups: group A consisting of patients treated during the period from October 1, 1991 till April 30, 1992, who could not receive continuous physical and mental rehabilitation due to the war; and group B including patients treated at the beginning of 1991, who underwent continuous physical and mental rehabilitation. The patients from both groups belonged to urban or suburban population, and were matched according to age, sex, education, and diagnosis. Neuropsychological studies for some specific cognitive abilities indicated significantly better preservation of visuomotor abilites, visual memory and short-term memory in the group included in the rehabilitation process. Likewise, these patients showed considerably better emotional stability, while the patients who did not undergo rehabilitation showed symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorder. The second part of the study referred to evaluation of the success of rehabilitation in the treatment of motor deficiency. The percentage of mobile patients in group B (53.8%) was considerably higher than in group A (21.4%).
Ključne riječi
Cerebral infarction, therapy; Dementia, rehabilitation; Aged
Hrčak ID:
14980
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Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2000.
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