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Nursing

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Journal

2020

Functional status

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Assessment Of Cognitive-Behavioral Symptoms And Functional Status Among Stroke Survivors, Chandel M, Shashi, Yashomati, Hemalata Jul 2020

Assessment Of Cognitive-Behavioral Symptoms And Functional Status Among Stroke Survivors, Chandel M, Shashi, Yashomati, Hemalata

Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

Background: Stroke is one of the complex causes of death and disability. Stroke survivors often experience cognitivebehavioral and functional changes. Aim: The present study aims to assess the cognitive-behavioral symptoms and functional status among stroke survivors. Methods: A descriptive study was done in Neurology and Neurosurgery Out Patient Department of a tertiary care hospital in India. Consecutive 55 adult stroke survivors who were conscious and accompanied by the caregivers were included in the study. Standardized tools such as mini-mental status examination (MMSE), Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NIP-Q), and Barthel index were used to assess the cognitive, behavioral symptom, and functional status …