Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the relationship between mild vascular cognitive impairment (mVCI) and functional disability in older stroke survivors without dementia. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Stroke patients from representative hospital-based stroke registers. PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred thirty-nine stroke survivors without dementia, aged 75 and older. MEASUREMENTS: Neuropsychological assessments were completed 3 months poststroke. Activities of daily living (ADLs) were evaluated using the Bristol scale. Operationalized criteria, including cognitive impairment no dementia (CIND), were applied for mVCI. RESULTS: Significant impairments of ADLs were evident in mVCI (CIND vs no CIND; basic care: z=3.2; P=.001, intermediate care: z=3.6; P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 103 - 107 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 1 |
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Publication status | Published - Jan 2005 |