The rigorous diagnosis of dementia, especially in the early stages, requires clinical observation and neuropsychological tests. This article shows how a short strategy-oriented neuropsychological battery, the Cognitive Efficiency Profile (CEP), can contribute to the early diagnosis of Alheimer's disease....
The stage of dementia influences sleep patterns. Sleep patterns become more fragmented9 in the later stages of dementia.4, 10 For example in one actigraphy study,11 persons with mild to moderate dementia in the nursing home slept about 45% of the night and napped 15% of the daytime; while...
Pragmatic skills in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease: an analysis by means of a referential communication task. Background: Disordered discourse in cases of senile dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) has mainly been described in conversation and picture description ta... P Feyereisen,Jolle...
The screening process included three stages. First, the hits of each search were screened by title. Duplicates were removed and different issues of a report were condensed into one. Second, the introductions, abstracts and tables of contents were screened. Third, the full documents were assessed ...
Due to the relative preservation of medial frontal and limbic areas in the brain affected by dementia, music-induced emotions and memories are often preserved even in the more advanced stages of the disease (Jacobsen et al., Citation2015). Especially in the later phases of dementia, when ...
However, the following aspects may help distinguish NP-C from other ARCAs: absence of retinal/macular degeneration; lack of peripheral neuropathy in adult patients; marked cerebellar atrophy is usually only observed in advanced stages of the disease; and the presence of VSGP, an almost constant ...
The rigorous diagnosis of dementia, especially in the early stages, requires clinical observation and neuropsychological tests. This article shows how a short strategy‐oriented neuropsychological battery, the Cognitive Efficiency Profile (CEP), can contribute to the early diagnosis of Alheimer's disease...
Background Given the growing population of aging adults, and subsequently individuals with dementia, there is a need for instruments that can detect cognitive impairment in early stages. The NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function (NIHTB) is a computerized battery of ...
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