Abstract | BACKGROUND/AIMS: METHODS: 59 patients were assessed with the Disability Assessment of Dementia (DAD), Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised (ACE-R) and the Cambridge Behavioural Inventory Revised (CBI-R). RESULTS: No differences between groups in basic and instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs), and total ACE-R scores were found; there were correlations between total DAD and ACE-R scores for PNFA and LPA. Over 12 months, PNFA showed the marked decline of basic ADLs, whereas all three groups showed marked decline of instrumental ADLs. CONCLUSION: PNFA, LPA and AD appear functionally similar when matched for disease duration. The rate of decline of ADLs depends, however, on disease diagnosis.
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Authors | J Jang, N Cushing, L Clemson, J R Hodges, E Mioshi |
Journal | Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
(Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord)
Vol. 33
Issue 5
Pg. 354-60
( 2012)
ISSN: 1421-9824 [Electronic] Switzerland |
PMID | 22796966
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Topics |
- Activities of Daily Living
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
(physiopathology)
- Anomia
(etiology, physiopathology)
- Aphasia
(complications, physiopathology)
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia
(physiopathology)
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