Study of clinical risk factors and predictors of post stroke vascular cognitive impairment
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research and Review - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Cognitiveimpairment due to cerebrovascular disease is termed” vascular cognitive Impairment “(VCI) and forms a spectrum that includes vascular dementia and milder forms of cognitive impairment. Vascular cognitive impairment has some varied and diverse aetiology. This is particularly important as apart from age vascular risk factors, are the most important and presently the only treatable precursor to dementia. This prospective observational study was carried out in indept. ofmedicine, GMC Bhopal. Methods: A standard protocol was applied at admission and 3 months after stroke, this protocol included clinical, functional and cognitive assessments,various lab tests and MMSE. Results: Amongst the various risk factors hypertension, diabetes mellitus, prior stroke, dyslipidemia, ischemic heart disease, tobacco chewing, smoking, family history of dementia was more frequently seen in vascular cognitive impairment group. In this study, the frequency of patients having post stroke vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is 54%. 18% of the patients had VaD (Vascular dementia), 36% of the patients had VMCI (vascular mild cognitive impairment), 46% of the patients had NO VCI (no vascular cognitive impairment. There was significant association of risk factors like Hypertension (p=0.022) diabetes mellitus (P=0.038), dyslipidaemia (p=0.034), prior stroke(p=0.046) with development of vascular cognitive impairment. Post stroke dementia has considerable morbidity. Conclusion: The predictors of development of Vascular cognitive impairment following stroke in this study are lower educational status, Hypertension, Diabetes mellitus, Dyslipidemia, Prior stroke,urinary incontinence,High sys. BP, NIHSS score, LDL level, abnormal ECG, Strategic site lesion and greater severity of age related white matterchanges.
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Anil Sejwar, Gopal Krishna, Arpit Dhiran, T. N. Dubey
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- DOI 10.17511/ijmrr. 2018.i03.01.
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