Abstract
Background: Methamphetamine patients have cognitive impairments in many areas. However, currently there is no standardized occupational therapy test to evaluate cognitive impairment in this group.
Objective: The examine the specific and/or combined contribution of occupational the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) (orientation for time, orientation for place, delayed recall, and attention) of this study was to compare cognitive functioning. In the substance use severity among adults users.
Methods: Study participants (N=100) The 100 methamphetamine patients, (mean age = 26,>18 year education high school) to examine the relationship between baseline scores of these domains and total MoCA over time.
Results: Biographical Informational of Chronic Methamphetamine Abusers The mean age of methamphetamine-dependents was 26.05 ± 8.79. Delayed recall was the only domain significantly associated with MOCA decline over time. Combination of poor language with either attention or orientation for place was associated with significantly increased decline on the MOCA.
Conclusions: The MOCA part of delayed recall predicts overall decline on MOCA scores over time. A good functioning domain added to good functioning language was associated with slower rate of decline. According to the results, MOCA showed that there were 90 methamphetamine-dependent patients having cognitive impairment with the cut-off point below 25. Patients were considered to have cognitive dysfunction when assessed with MoCA.A better understanding of demographic and clinical attributes associated with cognitive problems among MA- users may help identify individuals in greater need for more intensive or specialized treatment interventions that take into account possible learning and memory difficulties.
Keywords: Methamphetamine; cognitive functioning; substance