Subjective Change in Emotive, Cognition and Behaviour After Stroke: Factors Affecting the Perception of Patients and Partners

The presence and severity of changes in emotion and cognition experienced by left- and right-sided stroke patients and observed by their partners were compared at 3 months poststroke. The results showed that, regardless of the side of stroke, several changes were reported by half of the stroke patie...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 2002-12, Vol.24 (8), p.1032-1045
Main Authors: Visser-Keizer, Annemarie C., Jong, Betty, Deelman, Betto G., Berg, Ina J., Gerritsen, Marleen J.J.
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Language:English
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Summary:The presence and severity of changes in emotion and cognition experienced by left- and right-sided stroke patients and observed by their partners were compared at 3 months poststroke. The results showed that, regardless of the side of stroke, several changes were reported by half of the stroke patients and their partners. It appeared that while left hemisphere stroke patients agreed with their partners on the number and severity of most changes, partners of right hemisphere patients reported more frequent and more severe changes than the patients themselves. The level of observability of the altered behaviour, distress of the partner, distress of left-sided stroke patients and hemispatial neglect of right-sided stroke patients emerged as factors related to disagreement between stroke patient and partner.
ISSN:1380-3395
1744-411X
DOI:10.1076/jcen.24.8.1032.8383