Post Stroke Cognitive Impairment

Evaluation of Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment in Patients Attending the Neuropsychiatry Department- Assiut University

clinical evaluation of the prevalence and severity of cognitive impairment among patients after ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke admitted to the Neuropsychiatry department

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients of both sexes, aged 18- 60 years, with a history of first stroke within 3 months of admission, all types of stroke confirmed by imaging (ischemia, parenchymal haemorrhage, subarachnoid haemorrhage, venous stroke)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age above 60 years, refusal to participate in the study, pre-existing dementia or significant psychiatric illness, severe aphasia or communication deficits precluding cognitive testing or severe comorbid condition limiting follow-ups, systemic diseases that are known to affect the central nervous system, such as (thyroid dysfunction, chronic infections, or system failure like liver or renal failure), significant sensory impairment (deafness and blindness), history of malignancy and those who have had neurosurgical procedures or severe head trauma at any time before a stroke.