Assessment of Confabulation in Patients with Alcohol-Related Cognitive Disorders: The Nijmegen–Venray Confabulation List (NVCL-20)

Autor: Jessica E van Damme, Yvonne C M Rensen, Roy P. C. Kessels, Sonja I A Griekspoor, Joukje M. Oosterman, Michael D. Kopelman, Arie J. Wester
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Alzheimer`s disease Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 1]
Confabulation
Neuropsychological Tests
Healthcare improvement science Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 18]
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Memory
Orientation (mental)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
In patient
Aged
Memory Disorders
Neuro- en revalidatiepsychologie
Mental Disorders
Neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology
Neuropsychology
Chronic alcoholic
Cognition
Plasticity and Memory [DI-BCB_DCC_Theme 3]
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Alcohols
Structured interview
Female
medicine.symptom
Korsakoff's syndrome
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Cognitive psychology
Zdroj: Renson, Y C M, Oosterman, J M, van Damme, J E, Griekspoor, S I A, Wester, A J, Kopelman, M D & Kessels, R P C 2015, ' Assessment of Confabulation in Patients with Alcohol-Related Cognitive Disorders: The Nijmegen–Venray Confabulation List (NVCL-20) ', The Clinical Neuropsychologist, vol. 29, pp. 804-823 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2015.1084377
Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section D, the Clinical Neuropsychologist, 29, 6, pp. 804-823
Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section D, the Clinical Neuropsychologist, 29, 804-823
ISSN: 1744-4144
1385-4046
Popis: Item does not contain fulltext OBJECTIVE: Even though the first awareness of confabulations is often based on observations, only questionnaires and structured interviews quantifying provoked confabulations are available. So far, no tools have been developed to measure spontaneous confabulation. This study describes and validates an observation scale for quantifying confabulation behavior, including spontaneous confabulations, in clinical practice. METHOD: An observation scale consisting of 20 items was developed, the Nijmegen-Venray Confabulation List-20 (NVCL-20). This scale covers spontaneous confabulation, provoked confabulation, and memory and orientation. Professional caregivers completed the NVCL-20 for 28 Korsakoff (KS) patients and 24 cognitively impaired chronic alcoholics (ALC). Their ratings were related to the Dalla Barba Confabulation Battery (DBCB), Provoked Confabulation Test (PCT), and standard neuropsychological tests. RESULTS: The categories of the NVCL-20 have "good" to "excellent" internal consistency and inter-rater agreement. The KS patients confabulated more (both spontaneously and provoked), and more memory and orientation problems were observed. Correlations with neuropsychological test scores showed that confabulations were associated with memory deficits, but not with intrusions or tests of executive dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: The NVCL-20 is the first instrument that includes items addressing spontaneous confabulation. Administration is reliable, valid and feasible in clinical practice, making it a useful addition to existing confabulating measures. 20 p.
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