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• 영문명: A Study on Recovery from Cognitive Deficits in the Abstinent Patients with Alcohol Dependence
• 발행기관: 한국중독정신의학회
• 저자명: 임중현(Jung-Hyun Lim) 김규현(Kyu-Hyun Kim) 서동수(Dong-Soo Suh) 장동원(Dong-Won Chang)
• 간행물 정보: 『중독정신의학』Vol.4, No.2, 102~107쪽, 전체 6쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2000.09.30

영문 초록

Objectives：This study was performed to evaluate the cognitive deficit in alcoholic patients and the cognitive improvement during the course of abstinence. Subjects and Method： Subjects participated in the study were 32 alcoholic patients and 35 normal control group. Their alcoholic history and demographic data were taken and they were tested on cognitive assessment consists of Digit span, Paired association learning test, Digit symbol substitution test, Trail making B test, ReyOsterrith complex figure test. Patients were tested in 3 weeks and 6 months later. Results：In summary, the results of this study were as follows：1) In the comparison between alcohol group (3 weeks after abstinence) and normal control group, normal control group was superior to patient group in almost all the test except for first Paired association learning test. 2) In the comparison between serial cognitive follow-up test in alcohol group, there was significant cognitive improvement in almost all the test except for second Paired association learning test. 3) In the comparison between alcohol group (6 months after abstinence) and normal control group, there was no significant difference except for Trail making B test. 4) There was no significant correlation between cognitive function change and alcohol related factor. Conclusion：The results suggest that the cognitive deficit in alcoholic patients and cognitive improvement during the course of abstinence. Significant recovery of cognitive function can occur but may be contingent on the factors such as age and continued abstinence. On the other hand, when we consider the limitation of this study, more precise and standard test method and more longer follow up duration may be required.

키워드

Alcoholics Cognitive recovery Cognitive deficits Neurocognitive test