Preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patients
BackgroundSubjective reports can reveal relevant information regarding the nature of the impairment of brain tumor patients, unveiling potential gaps in current assessment practices. The co-occurrence of language and memory impairments has been previously reported, albeit scarcely. The aim of this s...
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| description | BackgroundSubjective reports can reveal relevant information regarding the nature of the impairment of brain tumor patients, unveiling potential gaps in current assessment practices. The co-occurrence of language and memory impairments has been previously reported, albeit scarcely. The aim of this study is therefore to understand the co-occurrence of subjective language and memory complaints in the preoperative state of brain tumor patients and its impact on Quality of Life (QoL).Methods31 brain tumor patients (12 LGG, 19 HGG) underwent a semi-structured interview to assess subjective complaints of language deficits, co-occurrences between language and memory dysfunction, and changes in QoL. Group and subgroup analyses were conducted to provide general and tumor grade specific data.Results48.4% of patients mentioned co-occurrence of language and memory impairments in reading, writing, and conversation. The HGG group reported co-occurrences in all three of these (reading: 31.6%; writing: 21.1%; conversation: 26.3%), while the LGG only described co-occurrences in reading (25%) and conversation (8.3%), although these were not statistically significant. All patients with co-occurring language and memory deficits reported these to be linked to reduced QoL (48.4%). In patients with an HGG, this number was slightly higher (52.6%) than in patients with an LGG (41.7%).ConclusionLanguage impairments co-occur with memory dysfunction as perceived in patients’ daily life. Patients see these impairments as affecting their quality of life. Further attention to dedicated language and memory tasks seems necessary. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c6c8679aa4b9478fb247971dd13b772b2025-08-20T02:12:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oncology2234-943X2024-10-011410.3389/fonc.2024.14758601475860Preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patientsLena Rybka0Lena Rybka1Lena Rybka2Roel Jonkers3Roel Jonkers4Milena Burzlaff5Milena Burzlaff6Tizian Rosenstock7Tizian Rosenstock8Peter Vajkoczy9Thomas Picht10Thomas Picht11Katharina Faust12Adrià Rofes13Adrià Rofes14Center for Language and Cognition, University of Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsResearch School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University of Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, GermanyCenter for Language and Cognition, University of Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsResearch School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University of Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, GermanyBerlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt University, Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, GermanyBerlin Institute of Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Digital Clinician Scientist Program, Charité, Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, GermanyCluster of Excellence: “Matters of Activity. Image Space Material”, Humboldt University, Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, GermanyCenter for Language and Cognition, University of Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsResearch School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University of Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsBackgroundSubjective reports can reveal relevant information regarding the nature of the impairment of brain tumor patients, unveiling potential gaps in current assessment practices. The co-occurrence of language and memory impairments has been previously reported, albeit scarcely. The aim of this study is therefore to understand the co-occurrence of subjective language and memory complaints in the preoperative state of brain tumor patients and its impact on Quality of Life (QoL).Methods31 brain tumor patients (12 LGG, 19 HGG) underwent a semi-structured interview to assess subjective complaints of language deficits, co-occurrences between language and memory dysfunction, and changes in QoL. Group and subgroup analyses were conducted to provide general and tumor grade specific data.Results48.4% of patients mentioned co-occurrence of language and memory impairments in reading, writing, and conversation. The HGG group reported co-occurrences in all three of these (reading: 31.6%; writing: 21.1%; conversation: 26.3%), while the LGG only described co-occurrences in reading (25%) and conversation (8.3%), although these were not statistically significant. All patients with co-occurring language and memory deficits reported these to be linked to reduced QoL (48.4%). In patients with an HGG, this number was slightly higher (52.6%) than in patients with an LGG (41.7%).ConclusionLanguage impairments co-occur with memory dysfunction as perceived in patients’ daily life. Patients see these impairments as affecting their quality of life. Further attention to dedicated language and memory tasks seems necessary.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2024.1475860/fullbrain tumorlanguagememorysubjective deficitsquality of life |
| spellingShingle | Lena Rybka Lena Rybka Lena Rybka Roel Jonkers Roel Jonkers Milena Burzlaff Milena Burzlaff Tizian Rosenstock Tizian Rosenstock Peter Vajkoczy Thomas Picht Thomas Picht Katharina Faust Adrià Rofes Adrià Rofes Preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patients Frontiers in Oncology brain tumor language memory subjective deficits quality of life |
| title | Preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patients |
| title_full | Preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patients |
| title_fullStr | Preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patients |
| title_short | Preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patients |
| title_sort | preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patients |
| topic | brain tumor language memory subjective deficits quality of life |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2024.1475860/full |
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