The illness influence on the life quality of patients with local brain affection and speech disorder
Studying of cognitive violations influence on the quality of life of the patients with aphasia and dysarthria with brain vascular and traumatic affect was a research objective. 15 patients with aphasia and 18 patients with a dysarthria took part in the research. Research consisted of two parts: studying of quality of life of patients with violations of speech and studying of extent of their cognitive frustration. The following battery of techniques was chosen: SS-QOL, Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale, The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale, MMSE, Frontal Assessment Batter - FAB. Results: 1) the topography of the brain local organic affects does not render significant influence on extent of cognitive violations; 2) the direct correlation between the extent of cognitive violation and quality of life was revealed at aphasia 3) the daily activity of patients with dysarthria with no cognitive violations is higher than the daily activity of the same group patients, but with cognitive violations; 4) there are also other factors influencing quality of life: education level, long-standing of the disease