ASSOCIATION OF COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AND ANAEMIA EMPLOYING TMT-BAND DSST TESTS

Authors

  • MOHIT TRIVEDI Junior Re sident Pharmacology E.L.M.C. Lucknow.
  • R. K. DIXIT Profe s sor Pharmacologt iony and The rapeut ics K.G.M.U. Lucknow.

Keywords:

anaemia ,cognitive dysfunctions , hemoglobin, TMT –B, DSST.

Abstract

Anemia is one of the commonest conditions worldwide and it  is known to produce cognitive deficits in children adolescents and adults. Now compelling evidence is emerging about the detrimental effect of anaemia on the cognitive functions of the brain.  30 patients with anaemia were matched against 30 controls . The tools used were  TMT-B and DSST. Data were presented as mean and analyzed using students t test , and chi square  test.RESULTS: Anaemics performed poorly in TMT-B and DSST and  made more number of errors in both the tests which was very highly significant. CONCLUSION: Anaemic patients had significant circumscribed areas of cognitive dysfunctions compared to the control group but a clear relation between the severity of anaemia and the severity of cognitive dysfunction could not be established .

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Published

30.06.2013

How to Cite

MOHIT TRIVEDI, & R. K. DIXIT. (2013). ASSOCIATION OF COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AND ANAEMIA EMPLOYING TMT-BAND DSST TESTS. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 4(2), 187–192. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/2160

Issue

Volume 4, Issue 2, 2013

Section

Research Articles

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