Cognitive dysfunction is associated with poor socioeconomic status in patients with cirrhosis: An international multicenter study

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1511-1516

  Bajaj, Jasmohan S ^a   Riggio, Oliviero ^b   Allampati, Sanath ^c   Prakash, Ravi ^c   Gioia, Stefania ^b   Onori, Eugenia ^b   Piazza, Nicole ^b   Noble, Nicole A ^a   White, Melanie B ^a   Mullen, Kevin D ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Covert Hepatic Encephalopathy; Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy; Purchasing Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HUMAN; INCOME; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

CAREGIVERS; COVERT HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; DIGIT SYMBOL TEST; DST; HE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; ICT; INHIBITORY CONTROL TEST; LINE TRACING TEST; LTT; MELD; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MODEL FOR END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE; NCT; NUMBER CONNECTION TEST; ODDS RATIO; OR; PURCHASING POWER; SDT; SERIAL DOTTING TEST; SES; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROME; SOCIAL CLASS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84885869261     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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