Cognitive functioning and quality of life nine years after bacterial meningitis.
Summary of "Cognitive functioning and quality of life nine years after bacterial meningitis."
OBJECTIVE:
To examine recovery of psychological functioning nine years after meningitis.
METHODS:
In a follow-up study, cognitive functioning and quality of life were evaluated in 28 adults 8 to 10 years after recovery from bacterial meningitis (n=17 due to Streptococcus pneumoniae; n=11 due to Neisseria meningitidis), and 13 controls. Test results were compared with those performed one year after the disease. All patients were well recovered at discharge (defined as a score on the Glasgow Outcome Scale of 5), but some pneumococcal patients still showed cognitive slowness and low quality of life one year after bacterial meningitis.
RESULTS:
At follow-up, psychological functioning and quality of life of patients and controls were similar.On group-level, cognitive functioning had normalized. This was also true for patients after pneumococcal meningitis, although some cognitive slowness persisted on an individual level.
CONCLUSION:
Psychological functioning continues to improve slowly during the first decade after bacterial meningitis.
Affiliation
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam; Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The netherlands.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: The Journal of infection
ISSN: 1532-2742
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20659499
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2010.07.006
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