Attentional disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
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2003-06-01
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Stella, Florindo [UNESP]
Maciel, Jayme Antunes
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A study of concentrated attention patterns in epileptic patients was conducted with the objectives: characterization of the patients' epileptic condition; assessment of the concentrated attention levels in epileptic and nonepileptic individuals; comparison of the attention levels of the two groups. An evaluation was performed of 50 adult outpatients with complex partial seizures and 20 non-epileptic individuals (comparative group) at the Neuroepilepsy Ambulatory Unit, State University of Campinas SP, Brazil. Method: characterization of seizure types, frequency and duration; concentrated attention assessment (Concentrated Attention Test - Toulouse-Piéron); comparison of the epileptic with non-epileptic individuals. Results: A statistically significant difference was observed between the groups with regard to Correct Response, Wrong Response and No Response. A difference was observed in relation to Time, but it was statistically insignificant. The epileptic patients presented inferior cognitive performance in relation to concentrated attention when compared with the non-epileptic individuals, findings compatible with the clinical complaints.
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Attention, Complex partial epilepsy, Neuropsychology, adult, attention deficit disorder, clinical article, cognition, complex partial seizure, controlled study, focal epilepsy, human, outpatient, statistical significance, Adult, Case-Control Studies, Cognition Disorders, Epilepsy, Complex Partial, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Statistics, Nonparametric, Time Factors
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, v. 61, n. 2 B, p. 335-338, 2003.