Incidence and Correlates of Early Cognitive Impairment following Intracerebral Haemorrhage.

Objectives: To determine the incidence of early cognitive impairment following intracerebral haemorrhage.

Methods: A total of 30 adult patients (>18 years) with intracerebral hemorrhage were enrolled in the study. Demographic profile, clinical and radiological profile of the patients was noted. Cognitive status at discharge was assessed using Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Data was analyzed using Chi-square and Independent samples 't'-test.

Results: Mean age of patients was 63.53±12.11 years. Majority of patients were males (56.7%). At discharge, all the patients had cognitive impairment - majority (76.7%) had moderate cognitive impairment followed by severe impairment (16.7%) and mild impairment (6.7%) respectively. Among different clinicodemographic and radiological factors, only history of tobacco use showed a significant association with severe cognitive impairment.

Conclusions: At discharge mild to moderate cognitive impairment is quite frequent among intracerebral hemorrhage patients irrespective of the demographic, clinical and radiological profile. Further studies on a larger sample size are recommended.