Cognitive and Mood Assessment Tools for Use in Stroke

Questionnaire assessment of usual practice in mood and cognitive assessment in Scottish stroke units

PURPOSE National and International guidelines recommend cognition and mood assessment for all stroke survivors. However, there is no consensus on preferred screening tool or method of assessment. We aimed to describe clinical practice in cognitive and mood assessment across Scottish stroke services. METHOD We used a questionnaire based survey. After local piloting, we distributed the question...

diagnostic and developmental potentials of dynamic assessment for writing skill

این پایان نامه بدنبال بررسی کاربرد ارزیابی مستمر در یک محیط یادگیری زبان دوم از طریق طرح چهار سوال تحقیق زیر بود: (1) درک توانایی های فراگیران زمانیکه که از طریق برآورد عملکرد مستقل آنها امکان پذیر نباشد اما در طول جلسات ارزیابی مستمر مشخص شوند; (2) امکان تقویت توانایی های فراگیران از طریق ارزیابی مستمر; (3) سودمندی ارزیابی مستمر در هدایت آموزش فردی به سمتی که به منطقه ی تقریبی رشد افراد حساس ا...

Use of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in patients with stroke.

M ore than 40% of stroke survivors are found with cog-nitive impairment (poststroke cognitive impairment [PSCI]) sometime after the event. 1 Almost two thirds of these patients are affected by mild cognitive impairment (MCI). 2 A meta-analysis showed that 10% of patients had dementia before first stroke, 10% developed dementia soon after first stroke, and more than a third had dementia after re...

Cognitive and mood assessment in stroke research: focused review of contemporary studies.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE International guidelines recommend cognitive and mood assessments for stroke survivors; these assessments also have use in clinical trials. However, there is no consensus on the optimal assessment tool(s). We aimed to describe use of cognitive and mood measures in contemporary published stroke trials. METHODS Two independent, blinded assessors reviewed high-impact journ...

Are cognitive screening tools sensitive and specific enough for use after stroke? A systematic literature review.