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Maureen Lacy1, Shravan Parikh1, Rosalia Costello1
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Objective:
Adults with Chiari malformation type 1 (CM1) often report cognitive impairment. This cross-sectional study investigates the cognitive and emotional functioning of a sample of adults with CM1 who presented for neurosurgical evaluation prior to intervention.
Methods:
A total of 36 participants (18 patients with CM1 and 18 healthy control subjects) completed a comprehensive neurocognitive battery of tests.
Results:
Demographic variables (sex, age, handedness, and education) were not statistically significant between the groups. Measures of gross cognition (Mini-Mental State Examination and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status) were statistically significant between the groups. On a more focused assessment of neurocognitive abilities, the CM1 group performed significantly worse on measures of learning, memory, fluency, and figural copy. A high rate of clinical depression was seen in the CM1 group; however, this did not correlate with cognitive performance.
Conclusions:
The CM1 group displayed subtle learning, semantic fluency, and complex construction difficulties compared with healthy control subjects. Although not correlated with cognition, adults with CM1 are at high risk for clinical depression.
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