Objective
To evaluate the favorite colors of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.
Methods
Following examination, 50 patients were diagnosed in accordance with the 2005 proposal of the International ...League Against Epilepsy and the definition of drugresistant epilepsy since 2010. The favorite color examination used a six-color tape and Trycolors, an online color mixing tool. The patients' color preferences were compared with those of 50 individuals without epilepsy.
Results
Patients with drug-resistant epilepsy preferred the color blue the most (30%), significantly more yellow (p = 0.0001), and significantly less green (p < 0.0001) compared to individuals without epilepsy. By mixing these colors at a certain percentage, we obtained the Go Ben color.
Significance
This information on preferred colors can help to improve compliance and can be utilized in designing medications and environments for patients with epilepsy.
Cognitive syndromes after the first stroke Salihović, Denisa; Smajlović, Dževdet; Mijajlović, Milija ...
Neurological sciences,
08/2018, Letnik:
39, Številka:
8
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Aim
The aim of this study is to determine impairments of certain cognitive functions in certain vascular cognitive syndromes and to identify predictors of dementia.
Patients and methods
One-year ...prospective study included 275 patients, who were hospitalized at the Department of Neurology Tuzla and therefore fulfilled certain criteria. Patients were divided into following subgroups of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI): dementia of strategic infarct (DSI), cortical dementia (CD), sub cortical dementia (SCD), hemorrhagic dementia (HD), and patients without dementia. Each of the patients underwent the clinical examination and scoring with appropriate measurement scales.
Results
Some of the types of VCI were verified in 190 (69%) patients, and the most common was SCD (58%). There was statistically significant connection between the level of intelligence and occurrence of VCI in patients after stroke (
p
< 0.001). We found significant connection between occurrence of dementia and impairment in narrative memory, numerical memory, visual perceptive, and visual constructive functions in patients with dementia compared with non-demented (
p
= 0.0001). The executive functions were statistically impaired in patients with CD (
p
= 0.004) and SCD (
p
< 0.001). Patients without dementia have significantly better quality of life than the demented ones (
p
< 0.0001). The algorithm “tree of decision” can help us in the prediction of dementia based on the impairment of certain cognitive functions.
Conclusion
Vascular cognitive syndromes are common after stroke. Some of the cognitive functions are significantly impaired in patients with dementia. Impairment of the certain cognitive functions can help in predicting the onset of dementia. Patients without dementia have better quality of life.
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