Cognitive and Emotional Impairment after Minor Stroke and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI): A Prevalence Study
Table 4
Chi square analyses of correlation between cognitive and emotional symptoms and location of infarction.
Subcortical infarctions n= 108 (%)
Cortical infarctions n=97 (%)
p
Left side n= 94 (%)
Right side n= 85 (%)
p
10-word learning task
10 (9.4)
3 (3.1)
.07
7 (7.5)
4 (4.6)
.4
10-word learning task delayed
10 (9.4)
6 (6.3)
.4
7 (7.6)
7 (8.2)
.9
Trail-making A
6 (5.6)
5 (5.2)
.9
5 (5.3)
6 (6.9)
.7
Trail-making B
19 (17.6)
12 (12.4)
.3
17 (18.1)
8 (9.2)
.08
Verbal fluency
15 (13.9)
15 (15.5)
.8
17 (18.1)
7 (8.1)
.05
Color-Word Interference tests
Color naming
23 (21.3)
21 (21.7)
1.0
18 (19.2)
14 (16.1)
.6
Color reading
24 (22.4)
15 (15.5)
.2
21 (22.3)
11 (12.6)
.09
Color inhibition
16 (14.8)
15 (15.6)
.9
21 (22.3)
5 (5.6)
.001
Color inhibition/switching
24 (22.2)
22 (22.3)
.9
21 (22.3)
15 (17.2)
.4
Error scores
Naming errors
6 (5.6)
6 (6.2)
.8
8 (8.5)
5 (5.6)
.5
Reading errors
9 (8.3)
10 (10.3)
.6
8 (8.5)
10 (11.5)
.5
Inhibition errors
8 (7.4)
4 (4.2)
.3
11 (11.8)
5 (5.8)
.2
Inhibition/switching errors
6 (5.6)
10 (10.4)
.2
8 (8.6)
9 (10.3)
.7
No of abnormal cogn tets
40 (38.8)
32 (33.3)
.4
36 (39.6)
24 (28.2)
.1
Questionnaires
HADS
23 (22.6)
11 (12.1)
.06
18 (19.8)
11 (13.4)
.3
HADS-A
25 (24.3)
15 (16.1)
.2
22 (23.9)
12 (14.5)
.1
HADS-D
13 (12.4)
12 (12.9)
.9
11 (12.0)
11 (12.9)
.8
Fatigue severity scale (FSS)
32 (30.2)
24 (25.5)
.5
26 (27.7)
23 (28.1)
1.0
Adjusted for age and educational level, tested with 5 minutes delay, scaled score, and cumulative percentage.Anxiety and/or depression was defined as HADS ≥ 15, anxiety was defined as HADS-A≥8, and depression was defined as HADS-D≥8. Fatigue was defined as FSS ≥ 5.
