• Department of Neurosurgery, 904th Hospital of PLA (Former 101th hospital of PLA), Wuxi 214044, China;
WANG Yuhai, Email: wangyuhai67@126.com
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Objective To analyze of the extent of neuropsychological damage in post-traumatic epilepsy patients. Methods One hundred and thirty-five patients treated at the Department of Neurosurgery, the 904th Hospital of PLA from January 2016 to December 2018 were analyzed retrospectively, including 94 males and 41 females, with an average age of (32.94 ± 9.51) years. They were divided into 3 groups: 40 patients with post-traumatic epilepsy (epilepsy group): 53 trauma patients without post-traumatic epilepsy (trauma group) and 42 patients with health examination (control group). Neuropsychological assessment using the following scales: Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE): Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic (MoCA-B): Audio Verbal Memory Test (AVMT): Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (CFT): Trail Making Test (TMT): Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD): Activity of Daily Living (ADL). Results The results of one-way ANOVA showed that there was significant difference between all scales of epilepsy group, trauma group and control group (P<0.01). MMSE and MoCA-B scores: Compared with trauma group, epilepsy group decreased significantly, but there was no significant difference between groups (P>0.05); Memory and spatial structure ability: AVMT short/long delayed memory, CFT recall and copy test results showed that epilepsy group decreased more significantly than trauma group, and there was statistical significance between groups (P<0.05); Executive ability: TMT-A and TMT-B showed that epilepsy group spent longer time than trauma group, and there was significant difference between groups (P<0.01); Depressive symptoms: HAMD scale showed significant difference between epilepsy group and trauma group (P<0.01): while there was no statistical difference between trauma group and control group (P>0.05); Activity of daily living: ADL scale results showed that there was no significant difference between epilepsy group and trauma group (P>0.05). Conclusion Post-traumatic epilepsy can aggravate the cognitive impairment of patients, mainly in the decline of memory, spatial structure and executive ability, and prone to depressive symptoms. At the same time of treating epilepsy seizures, patients with post-traumatic epilepsy should be screened and assessed early in neuropsychology to improve their quality of life and return to society as soon as possible.

Citation: HU Xu, XU Xiaomei, DONG Jirong, XU Feng, SUN Shibai, WANG Dan, WANG Yuhai. Neuropsychological evaluation of post-traumatic epilepsy. Journal of Epilepsy, 2022, 8(1): 57-61. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.20220014 Copy

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