Bakar Emel Erdogan, Bakar Bulent
Ufuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychology, Ankara, Turkey.
Turk Neurosurg. 2011;21(3):325-9. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4133-11.0.
The purpose of this prospective study was to describe memory problems of adult patients with hydrocephalus.
The research group consisted of healthy adults (control group) and hydrocephlic adults (hydrocephalus group). The hydrocephalus group (n: 19) had no clinical signs or symptoms of increased intracerebral pressure. The control group (n:20) was chosen from healthy adults. Both groups were evaluated by an experienced neuro-psychologist blinded to the groups. The examiner performed a battery of three different neuropsychological tests (Raven Standart Progressive Matrices, RSPM; Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, RCFT; and Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test, AVLT) to all groups.
Almost all subtest scores of the AVLT and RCFT remained significant after the RSPM scores were controlled. Almost all neuropsychological test results of the hydrocephalus group were significantly worse than control group.
This prospective study showed that adult patients with hydrocephalus have serious problems in memory function which might be directly caused by the hydrocephalus.
本前瞻性研究的目的是描述成年脑积水患者的记忆问题。
研究组由健康成年人（对照组）和成年脑积水患者（脑积水组）组成。脑积水组（n = 19）无颅内压升高的临床体征或症状。对照组（n = 20）选自健康成年人。两组均由一位对分组情况不知情的经验丰富的神经心理学家进行评估。检查者对所有组进行了一系列三项不同的神经心理学测试（瑞文标准渐进矩阵测验，RSPM；雷-奥斯特里赫复杂图形测验，RCFT；以及雷听觉-言语学习测验，AVLT）。
在控制了RSPM分数后，AVLT和RCFT的几乎所有子测验分数仍具有显著性。脑积水组的几乎所有神经心理学测试结果均显著差于对照组。
这项前瞻性研究表明，成年脑积水患者在记忆功能方面存在严重问题，这可能直接由脑积水引起。
