Clinical analysis on intelligence and memory impairment of patients with brain injury during traffic accident / 中国法医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the intelligence and memory impairment of patients with craniocerebral injury during traffic accident and its correlated factors. Method Data of psychological tests, eletroencepa-lograph (EEG) and brain image information of 652 subjects with brain injury who survived from traffic accident in Chengdu from Jan. 1,1999 to Dec. 31,2001 were collected and analysed. Results The average intelligence quotient (IQ) of patients in patients group was 77.85?15.97. 27.9 % patients's IQ was lower than 70. 51.9% patients's memory quotient (MQ) was lower than 51. The intelligence impairment was correlated with education level, left temporal lobe injury, three or more lobes of the brain injuried and EEG abnormality. Memory impairment was correlated with education level, interval between injury and e-valuation, brain stem injury, left temporal lobe injury, and EEG abnormality. Conclusion Impairment of intelligence and memory in different degrees were observed in most patients with traumatic brain injury during traffic accident. Intelligence and memory impairment were correlated with left temporal lobe injury, EEG abnormality, brain stem injury and education level.