Attentional disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
; 61(2B): 335-338, Jun. 2003. graf
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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
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Atenção
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Epilepsia Parcial Complexa
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Transtornos Cognitivos
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil