Correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis. Ecuador, 2019 – 2020

<p><strong>Background</strong>: Many patients with neurocysticercosis manifest cognitive damage, with important effects on their quality of life.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to determine the correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in pat...

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Main Authors: Jorge Luis Anaya González, Francisco López-Muñoz, Erlen Carmona Alvarez-Builla, Adriana Edit Miniet Castillo
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author Jorge Luis Anaya González
Francisco López-Muñoz
Erlen Carmona Alvarez-Builla
Adriana Edit Miniet Castillo
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description <p><strong>Background</strong>: Many patients with neurocysticercosis manifest cognitive damage, with important effects on their quality of life.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to determine the correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis.<br /><strong>Method</strong>: correlational, prospective and cross-sectional study, which included 93 patients diagnosed with neurocysticercosis treated in two Ecuadorian hospitals, from May 2019 to May 2020. The Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination was used for cognitive assessment. The relative risk and the Chi square test were estimated, considering statistical significance if p&amp;lt;0.05. For the multivariate analysis, a binary logistic regression model was used.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: among the tomographic findings, lesions greater than 1 cm (32.2%), multiple (30.1%), located in the parietal region (34.4%) and subarachnoid (46.2%) enhance. The cognitive evaluation showed normal results in 74.2% of the cases, as well as mild to moderate dementia in 9.7% of the patients. The most affected area was the language (54.8%). Dementia was mainly associated with lesion size greater than 1 centimeter [RR: 7.35; 95% CI: 1.62-33.3], followed by the number of lesions (multiple or racemose) and the mixed topography. In the multivariate analysis, these lost the correlation.<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The cognitive deficit had a lower prevalence than that described in the specialized literature, and was associated with tomographic variables such as the size, number and location of the lesions; in multivariate analysis, none of these factors maintained their statistical significance</p>
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spelling doaj-art-eb4ed02ea7af4692928b2bee249b5c682025-01-30T21:28:58ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2022-05-012034094192134Correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis. Ecuador, 2019 – 2020Jorge Luis Anaya González0Francisco López-Muñoz1Erlen Carmona Alvarez-Builla2Adriana Edit Miniet Castillo3Universidad Camilo José Cela. MadridUniversidad Camilo José Cela. MadridUniversidad Técnica del Norte. IbarraUniversidad Técnica del Norte. Ibarra<p><strong>Background</strong>: Many patients with neurocysticercosis manifest cognitive damage, with important effects on their quality of life.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to determine the correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis.<br /><strong>Method</strong>: correlational, prospective and cross-sectional study, which included 93 patients diagnosed with neurocysticercosis treated in two Ecuadorian hospitals, from May 2019 to May 2020. The Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination was used for cognitive assessment. The relative risk and the Chi square test were estimated, considering statistical significance if p&amp;lt;0.05. For the multivariate analysis, a binary logistic regression model was used.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: among the tomographic findings, lesions greater than 1 cm (32.2%), multiple (30.1%), located in the parietal region (34.4%) and subarachnoid (46.2%) enhance. The cognitive evaluation showed normal results in 74.2% of the cases, as well as mild to moderate dementia in 9.7% of the patients. The most affected area was the language (54.8%). Dementia was mainly associated with lesion size greater than 1 centimeter [RR: 7.35; 95% CI: 1.62-33.3], followed by the number of lesions (multiple or racemose) and the mixed topography. In the multivariate analysis, these lost the correlation.<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The cognitive deficit had a lower prevalence than that described in the specialized literature, and was associated with tomographic variables such as the size, number and location of the lesions; in multivariate analysis, none of these factors maintained their statistical significance</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5238neurocisticercosisneuroimagendemenciapruebas de estado mental y demencia
spellingShingle Jorge Luis Anaya González
Francisco López-Muñoz
Erlen Carmona Alvarez-Builla
Adriana Edit Miniet Castillo
Correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis. Ecuador, 2019 – 2020
Medisur
neurocisticercosis
neuroimagen
demencia
pruebas de estado mental y demencia
title Correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis. Ecuador, 2019 – 2020
title_full Correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis. Ecuador, 2019 – 2020
title_fullStr Correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis. Ecuador, 2019 – 2020
title_full_unstemmed Correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis. Ecuador, 2019 – 2020
title_short Correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis. Ecuador, 2019 – 2020
title_sort correlation between cognitive status and tomographic findings in patients with neurocysticercosis ecuador 2019 2020
topic neurocisticercosis
neuroimagen
demencia
pruebas de estado mental y demencia
url http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5238
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