Verification of Trail Making Test in Elderly People with Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
| Autor: | Shinya Fukunaga, Shinsuke Nagami, Ayako Katsumata, Atsushi Toda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health (social science)
business.industry Trail Making Test Neuropsychology Cognition Disease Executive functions medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine mental disorders medicine Dementia Elderly people 030212 general & internal medicine business human activities 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology Executive dysfunction |
| Zdroj: | Ageing International. 47:491-502 |
| ISSN: | 1936-606X 0163-5158 |
| Popis: | In Alzheimer's disease (AD), attention and executive dysfunction occur early in the disease. However, little is known about the relationship between these disorders and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). This study investigated the relationship between BPSD and attention and execution functions. Twenty-five patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early AD were included. Neuropsychological tests, mini-mental state examination (MMSE), Raven’s colored progressive materials (RCPM), and trail making test (TMT) were conducted for patients with dementia. The dementia behavior disturbance scale (DBD) was used for psychological and behavioral evaluations of patients with dementia. The AD group showed significantly lower MMSE, DBD, and TMT-B scores than the MCI group. Multiple regression analyses revealed a significant correlation between DBD score, MMSE, and TMT-B.Conclusion: BPSD is associated with cognitive function severity in patients with MCI and early AD, suggesting that attentional and executive functions are independent risk factors for these neural substrates. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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