Suvarna Alladi|Thomas H. Bak|Shailaja Mekala|Amulya Rajan|Jaydip Ray Chaudhuri|Eneida Mioshi|Rajesh Krovvidi|Bapiraju Surampudi|Vasanta Duggirala|Subhash Kaul
Impact of Bilingualism on Cognitive Outcome After Stroke
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background purpose bilingualism associated slower cognitive aging later onset dementia study aimed determine whether bilingualism also influences cognitive outcome stroke methods examined 608 patients ischemic stroke large stroke registry studied role bilingualism predicting poststroke cognitive impairment absence dementia results larger proportion bilinguals normal cognition compared monolinguals 405 versus 196 p lt00001 whereas reverse noted patients cognitive impairment including vascular dementia vascular mild cognitive impairment monolinguals 777 versus bilinguals 490 p lt00009 differences frequency aphasia monolinguals 118 versus bilinguals 105 p 0354 bilingualism found independent predictor poststroke cognitive impairment conclusions results suggest bilingualism leads better cognitive outcome stroke possibly enhancing cognitive reserve