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ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2015

Mental distress in patients with cerebral visual injury assessed with the german brief symptom inventory.

Carolin Gall, Doreen Brösel, Gabriele Helga Franke

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Review in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Carolin GallDepartment of Rehabilitation Psychology, AHW, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences , Stendal , Germany ; Department of Psychiatry, AMEOS Hospital , Haldensleben , Germany.
Doreen BröselDepartment of Psychiatry, AMEOS Hospital , Haldensleben , Germany.
Gabriele Helga FrankeDepartment of Rehabilitation Psychology, AHW, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences , Stendal , Germany.
Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal · DE

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Abstract

backgroundWhile there are reports on vision-related quality of life in patients with vision impairment caused by both ophthalmic and brain diseases, little is known about mental distress. In fact, mental distress after cerebral visual injury has been widely ignored.

methodsMental health symptoms were assessed in 122 participants with visual field defects after brain damage (72 male, mean age 58.1 ± 15.6 years), who completed the German Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) at their homes after they had been asked by phone for their participation.

resultsClinically relevant mental distress was present in 25.4% of participants with cerebral visual injury. In case of multisensory impairment, an increased amount and intensity of mental distress symptoms was observed compared to the subsample with only visual impairment.

conclusionAssessment of comorbid mental health symptoms appears to be clinically meaningful in brain-damaged patients with visual sensory impairment. In case of clinically relevant mental distress, psychological supportive therapies are advisable especially in subjects with cerebral visual injury and comorbidities affecting other sensory modalities as well.

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Brief Symptom Inventorycerebral visual injurymental distressmental healthvisual field defects

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PMID25999848
PMCPMC4418273
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