作者
Kristine Stadskleiv, Marleen R Van Walsem, Guro L Andersen, Lena Bergqvist, Louise Bøttcher, Klaus Christensen, David Heyerdahl, Sandra Julsen Hollung, Helene Høye, Reidun Jahnsen, Gunvor L Klevberg, Barbro Lindquist, Henrik Passmark, Per-Ola Rike, Elisabet Rodby-Bousquet, Ann I Alriksson-Schmidt
发表日期
2021/9/22
期刊
Frontiers in Neurology
卷号
12
页码范围
710440
出版商
Frontiers Media SA
简介
Cerebral palsy (CP) comprises a heterogeneous group of conditions recognized by disturbances of movement and posture and is caused by a non-progressive injury to the developing brain. Birth prevalence of CP is about 2–2.5 per 1,000 live births. Although the motor impairment is the hallmark of the diagnosis, individuals with CP often have other impairments, including cognitive ones. Cognitive impairments may affect communication, education, vocational opportunities, participation, and mental health. For many years, CP has been considered a “childhood disability,” but the challenges continue through the life course, and health issues may worsen and new challenges may arise with age. This is particularly true for cognitive impairments, which may become more pronounced as the demands of life increase. For individuals with CP, there is no one-to-one correlation between cognition and functioning in other areas, and therefore, cognition must be individually assessed to determine what targeted interventions might be beneficial. To facilitate this for children with CP, a systematic follow-up protocol of cognition, the CPCog, has been implemented in Norway and Sweden. However, no such protocol currently exists for adults with CP. Such discontinuity in healthcare services that results from lack of follow-up of cognitive functioning and subsequent needs for adjustments and interventions makes transition from pediatric to adult healthcare services challenging. As a result, a protocol for the surveillance of cognition in adults with CP, the CPCog-Adult, has been developed. It includes assessment of verbal skills, non-verbal reasoning, visual–spatial …
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