Neuropsychological Tests in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the neuropsychological deficiency in patients with liver cirrhosis.Method:Sixty-nine patients with liver cirrhosis but no history of hepatic encephalopathy were tested with the neuropsychological test battery.Sixty-two normal controls were also tested with the same battery.Result:There was significant influence of age and education on the result of neuropsychological tests.Digit Symbol and Trailmaking test were the best tests discriminating patients and normal controls.When mean?2SD was defined as abonormal,34 8% patients were abnormal in Trailmaking and 14 3% in Digit Symbol.Conclusion:The neuropsychological tests may be a predictive tool for encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis.