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. 2021 Aug;121(4):915-920.
doi: 10.1007/s13760-020-01288-4. Epub 2020 Feb 6.

The effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation in improving visual and auditory attention in ischemic stroke patients

Samira Hasanzadeh Pashang  1 , Hossein Zare  2 , Ahmad Alipour  2 , Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini  3
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The effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation in improving visual and auditory attention in ischemic stroke patients

Samira Hasanzadeh Pashang et al. Acta Neurol Belg. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a cognitive rehabilitation program in improving the visual and auditory attention performance in stroke patients. The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow-up design and control group. Twenty ischemic stroke patients with attention disorder were randomly classified into experimental and control groups. Cognitive evaluation of patients, including pre-intervention, immediately and 6 weeks after the intervention, was performed by the IVA + Plus (Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test). The experimental group received a cognitive rehabilitation program as 1-h sessions per week for 8 weeks, but the control group received no intervention. The results indicated significant effects of a cognitive rehabilitation program on the auditory (p = 0.002) and visual (p = 0.009) attention as well as the 6-week follow-up after the intervention, and it improved visual and auditory attention in stroke patients in the experimental group. The effectiveness of a cognitive rehabilitation program improved attention performance in stroke patients and had a positive effect on visual and auditory attention performance in ischemic stroke patients.

Keywords: Attention; Auditory; Cognitive; Ischemia; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Visual.

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