Functional Assessment of Region-Specific Neglect: Are There Differential Behavioural Consequences of Peripersonal versus Extrapersonal Neglect?
Table 2
Clinical characteristics and average total scores on the CBS per group (nonneglect, peripersonal neglect, extrapersonal neglect, both regions, based on a shape cancellation).
Clinical variables
No neglect (SD)
Peripersonal neglect (SD)
Extrapersonal neglect (SD)
Peripersonal and extrapersonal neglect (SD)
Group size
81
8
8
21
Gender (male)
55.3%
62.5%
57.1%
31.8%
Age in years
56.0 (12.1)
63.5 (8.0)
64.6 (13.1).
55.5 (13.3)
Time poststroke in days
35.8 (37.3)
Hemisphere of stroke (L/R)
61.1%/34.7%3
25%/62.5%4
28.6%/71.4%
28.6%/71.4%
Aetiology
Ischemic
79.1%
62.5%
100%
73.7%
Haemorrhage
11.9%
37.5%
0%
26.3%
SAH
7.5%
0%
0%
Brain injury
Focal
87.1%
50%
100%
73.7%
Diffuse
12.9%
50%
0%
26.3%
MMSE (0–30)
26.4 (4.1)
20.6 (10.4)
26.8 (2.9)
24.71 (4.7)
Barthel Index (0–20)
14.6 (4.9)
12.9 (7.0)
15.3 (4.5)
10.0 (4.7)
Motricity Index arm (0–100)
67.5 (38.2)
65.3 (45.5)
78.0 (39.7)
51.7 (44.4)
Motricity Index leg (0–100)
74.4 (34.2)
69.4 (40.5)
80.8 (27.1)
55.1 (38.5)
CBS average total score (0–30)
2.9 (4.9)
12.8 (7.25)
4.2 (4.1)
9.6 (8.6)
MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; CBS: Catherine Bergego Scale; 3two patients had bilateral lesions; 4one patient had bilateral lesions.
