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The long-term consequences of subarachnoid haemorrhage. 1: Prevalence of impairments

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Northern Sweden

Anna Fogelsjöö

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Northern Sweden

Karl-Axel Angguist

Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Northern Sweden

Christer Larsson

Department of Psychology, Umea University

Axel R Fugl-Meyer

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Umea, Sweden

This investigation focuses on the prevalence of motor, language, perceptual and memory impairments in long-term survivors of subarachnoid haemorrhage. The prevalence of different impairments was as follows: language 10%, motor 25%, perception 45% (a prevalence that may be age-dependent), and memory 73%. A total of 82% of the subjects had at least one impairment, and impairments of perception and long-term memory were particularly common with a ruptured anterior communicant artery. A factor analysis showed that perceptual function/impairment could be separated into two entities: lower- versus higher-order perception. Another factor analysis separated higher-order perception from memory, casting doubt upon assessment methods that aggregate these two entities.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 10, No. 1, 63-68 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/026921559601000112


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