NEUROSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING OF PATIENTS AFTER STROKE

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Djurabekova Aziza Taxirovna, Mutalipova Mukaddas Axmatjonovna, Shomurodova Dilnoza Salimovna

Currently, there is an opinion that post-stroke dementia is a multifactorial condition, including neurological and psychosomatic diseases (2, 5). Cognitive dementia is one of the serious complications of stroke, it is believed that every patient who has suffered a stroke to one degree or another suffers from impaired memory, thinking, speech; even more so if the patient is older with existing early prerequisites for cognitive changes. Population growth in the age aspect raises the issue as a more pressing medical and social problem. In the literature, it has been shown that the proportion of patients with post-stroke dementia among those who have had a stroke for the first time after 3 years reaches 15%, after 6 years up to 50% (1, 3, and 6). According to the results of the WHO statistical analysis, according to forecasts, the number of patients with vascular dementia will reach 2.8 million by 2050. An important value for the study of post-stroke cognitive disorders is the impact on the recovery process of a patient with a stroke, a high percentage of risk of recurrent risk and high mortality, since affect the growth of micro vascular pathology (4, 7). Adequate assessment of the cognitive status in patients with a consequence of a stroke, possibly as a result of a comprehensive clinical and neuropsychological examination, with a comparison of the information of the patient and relatives. Identification of signs of vascular dementia is necessary for targeted therapy, reduction of the risk of developing displaced dementia, prevention of recurrent stroke, especially in conditions of existing demographic dementia..