Continuous Performance Test for assessing cognition among patients with Parkinson diseases

Autor: Afsaneh Zarghi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: International Clinical Neuroscience Journal, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 45-49 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2383-1871
2383-2096
DOI: 10.22037/icnj.v2i2.9472
Popis: Background: Many patients with Parkinson diseases are faced with constant attention disorders and evaluation of these disorders in these patients is important. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 80 patients with Parkinson disease and 80 healthy Iranian people aged 40 to 70. All participants in the two groups of healthy and patients were examined by neurologists and psychiatrists. After completing the questionnaire, they were evaluated through computerized cognitive Continuous Performance Test. Results: There was significance difference between the two groups in age, sex and education status and in some variables of the test (p
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