认知功能的预测者在向社区成神经心理学服务专家的演讲中
James R Gooden1,2,3,4, Catherine A Cox1, Vanessa Petersen1
1Turning Point, Eastern Health, Richmond, VIC, Australia.
概括
酒精和其他毒品 (AOD) 用户的认知障碍受到年龄,教育和物质使用史等因素的影响. 解决诸如情绪困扰和药物等可修改因素可以改善认知功能和诊断准确度.
科学领域:
- 神经心理学 神经心理学
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
背景情况:
- 在寻求酒精和其他药物 (AOD) 治疗的个体中,认知障碍很普遍.
- 生物心理社会复杂性和健康不平等可能会加剧认知症状并阻碍治疗机会.
- 在AOD客户中准确诊断诸如获得性脑损伤 (ABI) 这样的疾病,需要了解导致因素.
研究的目的:
- 在接受神经心理评估的AOD客户中识别认知功能预测因素.
- 探索人口,诊断,物质使用,药物和心理健康变量对认知的影响.
主要方法:
- 从2014年至2018年期间评估的200名AOD客户的临床数据分析.
- 用多重回归分析来确定认知障碍的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 年龄,性别,教育,首次使用物质的年龄,戒断的日子,镇静剂负载,情绪困扰以及ABI和发育障碍的诊断显著预测了认知功能.
- 发现了各种认知领域的显著模型,包括智力功能,处理速度,记忆,注意力和抑制.
结论:
- 这些发现强调了需要对具有复杂需求的AOD客户进行仔细诊断的必要性.
- 认知受病前和可修改的并发病因素的影响,如情绪困扰和药物治疗.
- 管理可修改的风险因素可以改善AOD人群的认知功能和诊断清晰度.
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