Table 3.
Studies presenting the limitations in poststroke memory assessment
| Study/year | Stroke characteristics of patients | Neuropsychological tests |
|---|---|---|
| Cao et al44 (2007) | N=40 patients, age: 37.8 years, M/F =37/62; N=40 control, age: 38.8 years, M/F =40/60 | MMSE, AVLT, DST, Token test, linguistic tasks, SVF, BNT, Cori’s block-tapping board, similarities, RPM, SDS |
| Yoshida et al45 (2011) | N=126 patients (N=62 control, age: 66.7±10.1 years, M/F =48/51.6; N=13 MCI, age: 62.7±12.3 years, M/F =46/53.8; N=65 AD, age: 74.1±7.8 years, M/F =26/73.8; N=24 FTD, age: 61.8±9.1 years, M/F =54/45; N=11 DLB, age: 75.5±5 years, M/F =27/72; N=28 VaD, age: 73.4±9.8 years, M/F =69/30) | ACE, MMSE, CDR |
| Bour et al43 (2010) | N=194 patients, age: 68.3 years, M/F =55.2/44.8 | MMSE, MAAS, CAMCOG, GIT, SCWT, CST, AVLT |
| Dong et al47 (2010) | N=100 patients, age: 61.2±11.3 years, M/F =62/38 | MMSE, MoCA, IQCODE |
| Pendlebury49 (2012) | N=91 ND patients, age: 73.4 years, M/F =56/44; N=39 MCI patients | MoCA, ACE-R, MMSE, TMT parts A and B, SDMT, BNT, Rey–Osterrieth complex figure, HVLT, GDS |
| Sikaroodi et al48 (2012) | N=50 patients, age: 51.8±13.18 years, M/F =32/68 | MMSE, MoCA |
| Raimondi et al46 (2012) | N=83 patients (N=26 control, age: 73.23 years, M/F =50/50; N=25 AD, age: 77.64 years, M/F =40/60; N=32 VaD, age: 75.59 years, M/F =50/50) | CDR, BDI-II, MMSE, ACE-R |
Notes: M/F values were represented as percentages. Age is given as the average age in years.
Abbreviations: N, number of patients; M, male; F, female; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; AVLT, Auditory–Verbal Learning Test; DST, Digital Span Test; SVF, Semantic Verbal Fluency; BNT, Boston Naming Test; RPM, Raven’s Progressive Matrices; SDS, Self-Rating Depression Scale; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; DLB, dementia Lewy body; VaD, vascular dementia; ACE, Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination; CDR, Clinical Dementia Rating Scale; MAAS, Maastricht aging study; CAMCOG, Cambridge Assessment of Mental Disorders in Elderly; GIT, Groninger Intelligence Test; SCWT, Stroop Color Word Test; CST, Concept Shifting Test; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; IQCODE, Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline of Elderly; ND, no dementia; ACE-R, Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination, Revised; TMT, Trail Making Test; SDMT, Symbol Digit Modalities Test; HVLT, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory II.