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Attentional disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
Stella, Florindo; Maciel, Jayme Antunes.
Afiliação
  • Stella, Florindo; Paulista State University. Institute of Biosciences. Rio Claro. BR
  • Maciel, Jayme Antunes; State University of Campinas. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Department of Neurology. Campinas. BR
Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 61(2B): 335-338, Jun. 2003. graf
Article em En | LILACS | ID: lil-342804
Biblioteca responsável: BR1.1
ABSTRACT
A study of concentrated attention patterns in epileptic patients was conducted with the

objectives:

characterization of the patients' epileptic condition; assessment of the concentrated attention levels in epileptic and nonepileptic individuals; comparison of the attention levels of the two groups. An evaluation was performed of 50 adult outpatients with complex partial seizures and 20 non-epileptic individuals (comparative group) at the Neuroepilepsy Ambulatory Unit, State University of Campinas SP, Brazil.

METHOD:

characterization of seizure types, frequency and duration; concentrated attention assessment (Concentrated Attention Test - Toulouse-Piéron); comparison of the epileptic with non-epileptic individuals.

RESULTS:

A statistically significant difference was observed between the groups with regard to Correct Response, Wrong Response and No Response. A difference was observed in relation to Time, but it was statistically insignificant. The epileptic patients presented inferior cognitive performance in relation to concentrated attention when compared with the non-epileptic individuals, findings compatible with the clinical complaints
Assuntos
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Atenção / Epilepsia Parcial Complexa / Transtornos Cognitivos Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA / PSIQUIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2003 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Brasil
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Atenção / Epilepsia Parcial Complexa / Transtornos Cognitivos Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA / PSIQUIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2003 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Brasil