Given the high and rapid fluctuations of anosognosia in stroke, very acute cases, ranging from 1 to 7 days from injury, should be further ...×Title(Title)MrMsDr.ProfessorFirstName*LastName*Company/InstitutionE-Mail*Message*indicatesrequiredfieldsThissiteisprotectedbyreCAPTCHAandtheGooglePrivacyPolicyandTermsofServiceapply.00×JournalsBooksCoursesCollectionsSubjectGuideLogin00JournalMenuJournalHomeAboutThisJournalGuidelinesJournalContactSubscriptionRatesRelatedArticlesContents:allyears×CerebrovascularDiseasesDownloadFulltextPDFReviewFreeAccessTheEvaluationofAnosognosiainStrokePatientsOrfeiM.D.a·CaltagironeC.a,b·SpallettaG.a,bAuthoraffiliationsaIRCCSSantaLuciaFoundationandbDepartmentofNeuroscience,UniversityofRomeTorVergata,Rome,ItalyCorrespondingAuthorGianfrancoSpalletta,MD,PhDIRCCSSantaLuciaFoundation,LaboratoryofClinicalandBehaviouralNeurologyViaArdeatina306IT–00179Rome(Italy)Tel./Fax+390651501575,[email protected]:Anosognosia,assessmentStrokerehabilitationRelatedArticlesfor""CerebrovascDis2009;27:280–289https://doi.org/10.1159/000199466AbstractFullTextPDFReferencesExtras:3AbstractBackground:Anosognosiainstrokepatientsshowedarelevantdetrimentaleffectontherehabilitationcourseandpatients’qualityoflife,especiallyinthosewithbraininjury.Althoughanumberofreliablescalesfortheassessmentofanosognosiainstrokeandtraumaticbraininjuryhavebeendeveloped,atpresentnosinglemeasurefullyexploresthemultifacetednatureofthephenomenon.Method:APubMedsearchwithappropriatetermswascarriedoutinordertocriticallyreviewtheissue.Results:Themaindimensionstoconsiderintheinvestigationofanosognosiainbrain-injuredpatientsare(a)awarenessofdeficitandrelatedfunctionalimplications,(b)modalityspecificity,(c)causalattribution,(d)expectationsofrecovery,(e)implicitknowledgeand(f)differentialdiagnosiswithpsychologicaldenial.Timeelapsedfromstroke,aetiology,laterality,aphasiaandclinicalcomplicationsmayinfluenceallthesecharacteristicsandmustbetakenintoconsideration.Finally,anadequateassociati