Lesion Site and Neglect Anosognosia in Patients With Left Hemispatial Neglect

NCT ID: NCT05654350

Last Updated: 2023-02-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

78 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-12-16

Study Completion Date

2023-01-21

Brief Summary

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The goal of this retrospective is to investigate the relationship between lesion site and neglect anosognosia in subacute or chronic right hemispheric stroke patients with left hemispatial neglect. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Was any lesion site related to a higher neglect anosognosia rate?
* Did any lesion site related to a more severe neglect anosognosia? Participants will be divided into two groups regarding the presence of anosognosia for spatial neglect.

Researchers will compare patients with and without anosognosia to see if any lesion site resulted in a higher anosognosia rate and more severe unawareness of neglect symptoms in daily life.

Detailed Description

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Babinski first defined anosognosia in 1914 as being unaware of paralysis in patients with right hemisphere stroke. Today, this term is used for the unawareness of various neurological and cognitive diseases or disabilities. One of these, anosognosia for hemispatial neglect, is an interesting phenomenon and has not been explored as thoroughly as hemiplegia anosognosia. Lesions of the right superior and inferior temporal gyrus, temporoparietal junction, and insula have been blamed for hemiplegia anosognosia. However, the neural correlates of neglect anosognosia are yet to be elucidated. Therefore, in this study, the investigators aim to investigate the relationship between lesion site and neglect anosognosia in subacute or chronic right hemispheric stroke patients with left hemispatial neglect.

In this retrospective study, the investigators will screen the medical records of our inpatient cognitive rehabilitation unit from 2011 to 2021. Patients diagnosed with left hemispatial neglect using Catherine Bergego Scale (CBS), line bisection, star cancellation, figure and shape copying, or representational drawing tests will be included in the study. Demographic and clinical data such as age, gender, weeks after stroke, stroke type (ischemic or hemorrhagic), lesion site, Brunnstrom stages, mini-mental status examination score and severities of neglect and neglect anosognosia will be noted.

Both neglect and neglect anosognosia severities will be determined using CBS. The underestimation of spatial deficits in daily living detected by parallel CBS testing will be considered as neglect anosognosia. The neglect anosognosia score will be calculated by subtracting the patient's self-assessment score from the evaluator-assigned CBS score. A difference of at least one point will be considered the presence of anosognosia. Patients will be divided into two groups with and without anosognosia according to the CBS-anosognosia score. Demographic and clinical features of patients with and without anosognosia will be compared. The correlation between neglect and neglect anosognosia scores will be examined.

The lesion site will be described by regions of interest (ROI) involvement using a semi-quantitative analyse. The association between anosognosia presence and involvement of the ROI will be analysed using the odds ratio with %95 confidence intervals. Neglect and anosognosia severities will also be compared between involvement and sparing of each ROI. Mini-mental state examination scores will be compared between the groups with and without anosognosia to address mental status, which may be a confounding factor in the evaluation of anosognosia.

Conditions

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Anosognosia Neglect, Hemispatial Stroke Neurobehavioral Problems

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Patients with neglect anosognosia

Subacute or chronic right hemispheric stroke patients with left hemispatial neglect and neglect anosognosia.

No interventions assigned to this group

Patients without neglect anosognosia

Subacute or chronic right hemispheric stroke patients with left hemispatial neglect but no neglect anosognosia.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being older than 18 years of age
* Having a subacute or chronic right hemispheric supratentorial stroke
* Having left hemispatial neglect

Exclusion Criteria

* Being in the first 2 weeks of the stroke
* Lesions involving the left hemisphere and/or brainstem and/or cerebellum
* Having other neurological conditions such as traumatic brain injury, central nervous system neoplasm, neurodegenerative or neuropsychiatric diseases
* Presence of severe cognitive impairment in the mini-mental state examination scale (\<10 points)
* Lack of brain imaging data
* Having visual problems and psychiatric disorders hindering neglect and anosognosia evaluation
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Gazi University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Levent Karataş

Principal Investigator, MD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Gülçin Kaymak Karataş, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Gazi University Faculty of Medicine

Levent Karataş, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Gazi University Faculty of Medicine

Locations

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Gazi University Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Laporta-Hoyos O, Fiori S, Pannek K, Ballester-Plane J, Leiva D, Reid LB, Pagnozzi AM, Vazquez E, Delgado I, Macaya A, Pueyo R, Boyd RN. Brain lesion scores obtained using a simple semi-quantitative scale from MR imaging are associated with motor function, communication and cognition in dyskinetic cerebral palsy. Neuroimage Clin. 2018 Jun 14;19:892-900. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.06.015. eCollection 2018.

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15156794 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Anosognosia and lesion site

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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