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Application of High-Tech Solution for Memory Assessment in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness
Testing cognitive function in patients after severe brain damage is a major clinical challenge. In the absence of both verbal and motor communication, tests commonly used to assess cognitive function are completely or partially undoable for disorders of consciousness patients. The study involved 12...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9008141/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35432173 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.841095 |
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author | Kujawa, Katarzyna Żurek, Alina Gorączko, Agata Zurek, Grzegorz |
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description | Testing cognitive function in patients after severe brain damage is a major clinical challenge. In the absence of both verbal and motor communication, tests commonly used to assess cognitive function are completely or partially undoable for disorders of consciousness patients. The study involved 12 patients with varying degrees of impaired consciousness due to brain damage, with no verbal and motor communication. Memory was assessed in study participants using oculography. Memory tasks were presented in four categories. The total percentage of correctly completed tasks obtained across the group was 39.58%. The most difficult tasks included category C.4 with tasks involving working memory. Regardless of the subjects' level of consciousness, there was no statistically significant difference in the percentage of correct responses obtained in subgroups distinguished by CRS-R score. Eye tracking technology can be successfully used in the assessment of cognitive function, particularly when eye movements are the only channel of communication in individuals after brain damage. We suggest that the cognitive functions of people after brain damage should be further analyzed using eye tracking. |
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spelling | pubmed-90081412022-04-15 Application of High-Tech Solution for Memory Assessment in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness Kujawa, Katarzyna Żurek, Alina Gorączko, Agata Zurek, Grzegorz Front Neurol Neurology Testing cognitive function in patients after severe brain damage is a major clinical challenge. In the absence of both verbal and motor communication, tests commonly used to assess cognitive function are completely or partially undoable for disorders of consciousness patients. The study involved 12 patients with varying degrees of impaired consciousness due to brain damage, with no verbal and motor communication. Memory was assessed in study participants using oculography. Memory tasks were presented in four categories. The total percentage of correctly completed tasks obtained across the group was 39.58%. The most difficult tasks included category C.4 with tasks involving working memory. Regardless of the subjects' level of consciousness, there was no statistically significant difference in the percentage of correct responses obtained in subgroups distinguished by CRS-R score. Eye tracking technology can be successfully used in the assessment of cognitive function, particularly when eye movements are the only channel of communication in individuals after brain damage. We suggest that the cognitive functions of people after brain damage should be further analyzed using eye tracking. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9008141/ /pubmed/35432173 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.841095 Text en Copyright © 2022 Kujawa, Żurek, Gorączko and Zurek. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Kujawa, Katarzyna Żurek, Alina Gorączko, Agata Zurek, Grzegorz Application of High-Tech Solution for Memory Assessment in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness |
title | Application of High-Tech Solution for Memory Assessment in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness |
title_full | Application of High-Tech Solution for Memory Assessment in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness |
title_fullStr | Application of High-Tech Solution for Memory Assessment in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness |
title_full_unstemmed | Application of High-Tech Solution for Memory Assessment in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness |
title_short | Application of High-Tech Solution for Memory Assessment in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness |
title_sort | application of high-tech solution for memory assessment in patients with disorders of consciousness |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9008141/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35432173 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.841095 |
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