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NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CONCOMITANTS OF DIABETES MELLITUS
Abstract
Forty insulin dependent diabetes mellitus patients and 40 subjects who were not diabetic but were hospitalized for non-neurological problems were administered the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery. Those with diabetes also completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Using the criteria of two or more Luria Nebraska scale scores elevated above the subject's Critical Level, a significantly higher incidence of brain damage in the diabetic group was observed. Using onset before or after age 25, the diabetic patients were divided into early and later onset groups, a distinction which conforms to the standard definition of two classic, but separate, categories of diabetes. The later onset group had a significantly higher frequency of brain damage, and in general, a lower degree of impairment than the early onset group. A history of low blood sugar was significantly correlated with organicity in the early onset group. Duration of diabetes was significantly correlated with brain damage in the later onset group. ^
Subject Area
Psychology, Clinical
Recommended Citation
STRIDER, MARY ANN MICHELE, "NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CONCOMITANTS OF DIABETES MELLITUS" (1982). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8217558.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8217558