Assessment of cognitive dysfunction in kidney disease
Joint Authors
Sany, Dawlah
al-Shahawy, Yasir
Shawqi, Sahar
Nasir, Muhammad al-Tayyib
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 23, Issue 6 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1208-1214, 7 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2012-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
- Psychological aspects
- Diseases
- Patients
- Cognition
- Cognitive dysfunction
- Kidneys
- Kidney diseases
- Chronic renal failure
Abstract EN
Cognitive dysfunction includes reduced mental alertness, intellectual impairment, decreased attention and concentration, memory deficits and diminished perceptual–motor coordination.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients may suffer from cognitive impairment, which may decrease an individual’s quality of life, increase resource utilization and result in suboptimal medical care.
This study was carried out on 120 patients with different stages of CKD from our nephrology outpatient clinic divided into three groups : Group I : 50 CKD patients, stage 3 and stage 4 ; Group II : 50 end-stage renal disease patients on regular hemodialysis with K t / v > 1.1 ; and Group III : 20 acute kidney injury patients, followed-up till their renal functions stabilized besides Group ІV : 20 healthy subjects served as controls.
All patients underwent laboratory investigations and psychometric tests, which include trial making test part B, digit span test, digit symbol test and mini-mental state examination.
There was a significant difference of mean values of cognitive function tests in Groups I, II and III on comparing them with Group IV.
Stage 3 CKD scored better than stage 4 CKD, which was worse than hemodialysis patients, and lastly acute kidney injury patients had mild cognitive impairment, which was restored after recovery.
We found an association between hemoglobin and cognitive function tests score in the studied groups.
The degree of cognitive impairment was associated with the severity of CKD, and dialysis improved cognitive performance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nasir, Muhammad al-Tayyib& Shawqi, Sahar& al-Shahawy, Yasir& Sany, Dawlah. 2012. Assessment of cognitive dysfunction in kidney disease. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 23, no. 6, pp.1208-1214.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-310885
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nasir, Muhammad al-Tayyib…[et al.]. Assessment of cognitive dysfunction in kidney disease. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 23, no. 6 (Dec. 2012), pp.1208-1214.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-310885
American Medical Association (AMA)
Nasir, Muhammad al-Tayyib& Shawqi, Sahar& al-Shahawy, Yasir& Sany, Dawlah. Assessment of cognitive dysfunction in kidney disease. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2012. Vol. 23, no. 6, pp.1208-1214.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-310885
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 1213-1214
Record ID
BIM-310885