Relation of Age at Onset and Duration of Illness to Cognitive Functioning in Alzheimer's Disease
作者:
Jason Brandt,
E David Mellits,
Barry Rovner,
Barry Gordon,
Ola Selnes,
Marshal Folstein,
期刊:
Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neurology
(OVID Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 2
页码: 93-101
ISSN:0894-878X
年代: 1989
出版商: OVID
关键词: Alzheimer's disease;Age;Duration of illness;Neuropsychological functioning;Cognitive factors
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Summary:The simultaneous influence of age at onset of dementia, duration of illness, and their interaction on neuropsychological functioning was examined in 124 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease. Three cognitive factors (reflecting spatial processing, naming ability, and verbal fluency and comprehension) were derived by principal components analysis. Multiple regression analyses revealed that early onset of illness is associated with more profound deficits in all three cognitive domains. More importantly, they indicated that the effect of disease chronicity (i.e., duration of illness) on particular language tasks depends on the age at which symptoms begin. Therefore, future studies of age at onset as a subtyping variable in Alzheimer's disease should consider the influence of duration of illness, and vice versa.
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