Elderly People and Epilepsy: Cognitive Function

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 ≥60 years, and to 40 controls matched for sex, age, and...

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Published in:Epilepsia (Copenhagen) 2006-12, Vol.47 (s5), p.82-84
Main Authors: Piazzini, Ada, Canevini, Maria Paola, Turner, Katherine, Chifari, Rosanna, Canger, Raffaele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Aged
Anticonvulsants. Antiepileptics. Antiparkinson agents
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - epidemiology
Comorbidity
Diseases of the nervous system
Educational Status
Elderly
Epilepsies, Partial - diagnosis
Epilepsies, Partial - epidemiology
Epilepsies, Partial - psychology
Epilepsy
Female
Geriatric Assessment
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Neuropharmacology
Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Regression Analysis
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Summary: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 ≥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.
ISSN:0013-9580
1528-1167
DOI:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00884.x