Apathy, cognitive function and motor function in Alzheimers disease / Apatia, funções cognitivas e funcionalidade motora em idosos com doença de alzheimer
Hernandez, Salma S. Soleman; Vital, Thays Martins; Garuffi, Marcelo; Stein, Angélica Miki; Teixeira, Camila Vieira Ligo; Stella, Florindo.
Dement. neuropsychol
; 6(4): 236-243, oct.-dec. 2012. tab
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| LILACS | ID: lil-670614
The aims of this study were to characterize the presence of apathy in patients with AD, determine the relationshipbetween apathy, motor function and cognitive function, and to verify differences among patients stratified by level of apathy inrelation to cognitive and motor abilities.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted of 37 patients with AD. The followingtests were used MoCA, the Frontal Assessment Battery, Verbal Fluency, Clock Drawing Test, Andreotti & Okuma BatteryTests, Sit and Reach, Resistance of Upper Limbs - AAHPERD Battery Test, Sit and Lift Chair and the Apathy domain of theNeuropsychiatric Inventory. After verifying the normality of the data distribution, comparisons were made using Students t-testand the U Mann Whitney test; relationships were also assessed using Pearsons and Spearmans correlation coefficients. Allanalyses were considered to be statistically significant at a p-value of 0.05.Results:
46% of participants in this study showedmild symptoms of apathy. Significant and weak associations were found (p=0.04) between apathy and the attention domainon the MoCA and between apathy and the Walk Test. Analysis of differences in cognitive and motor functions according toparticipants level of apathy revealed no significant differences for any of the variables.Conclusion:
Apathy was reflectedin attention and the Walk Test, suggesting these variables may be related to cognitive and functional decline in AD patients.
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BR15.3
Ubicación: BR15.3
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