Pronounced impairment of everyday skills and self-care in posterior cortical atrophy

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 381-384

  Shakespeare, Timothy J ^a   Yong, Keir X X ^a   Foxe, David ^b,c   Hodges, John ^b,c   Crutch, Sebastian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; early onset Alzheimer's disease; psychology; questionnaires; self care; self report

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CAMBRIDGE BEHAVIOURAL INVENTORY REVISED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTIVATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ORIENTATION; SELF CARE; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPLICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SELF CARE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84911942645     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-141071     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Renner JA, Burns JM, Hou CE, McKeel DW, Storandt M, Morris JC (2004) Progressive posterior cortical dysfunction:A clinico pathologic series. Neurology 63, 1175-1180.
2. Tang-Wai DF, Graff-Radford NR, Boeve BF, Dickson DW, Parisi JE, Crook R, Caselli RJ, Knopman DS, Petersen RC (2004) Clinical, genetic, and neuropathologic characteristicsof posterior cortical atrophy. Neurology 63, 1168-1174.
3. Crutch SJ, Lehmann M, Schott JM, Rabinovici GD, Rossor MN, Fox NC (2012) Posterior cortical atrophy. Lancet Neurol11, 170-178.
4. Wedderburn C, Wear H, Brown J, Mason SJ, Barker RA, Hodges J, Williams-Gray C (2008) The utility of the CambridgeBehavioural Inventory in neurodegenerative disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 79, 500-503.
5. Nagahama Y, Okina T, Suzuki N, Matsuda M (2006) TheCambridge Behavioral Inventory: Validation and applicationin a memory clinic. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 19, 220-225.
6. Cummings JL, Mega M, Gray K, Rosenberg-Thompson S, Carusi DA, Gornbein J (1994) The NeuropsychiatricInventory: Comprehensive assessment of psychopathology indementia. Neurology 44, 2308-2314.
7. Wear HJ, Wedderburn CJ, Mioshi E, Williams-Gray CH, Mason SL, Barker RA, Hodges JR (2008) The CambridgeBehavioural Inventory revised. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol2, 102-107.
8. Mendez M, Ghajarania M, Perryman KM (2002) Posteriorcortical atrophy: Clinical characteristics and differences comparedto Alzheimer's disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord14, 33-40.
9. Dubois B, Feldman HH, Jacova C, Dekosky ST, Barberger-Gateau P, Cummings J, Delacourte A, Galasko D, Gauthier S, Jicha G, Meguro K, O'brien J, Pasquier F, Robert P, Rossor M, Salloway S, Stern Y, Visser PJ, Scheltens P (2007) Researchcriteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: Revising theNINCDS-ADRDA criteria. Lancet Neurol 6, 734-746.
10. Dubois B, Feldman HH, Jacova C, Cummings JL, Dekosky ST, Barberger-Gateau P, Delacourte A, Frisoni G, Fox NC, Galasko D, Gauthier S, Hampel H, Jicha GA, Meguro K, O'Brien J, Pasquier F, Robert P, Rossor M, Salloway S, Sarazin M, de Souza LC, Stern Y, Visser PJ, Scheltens P (2010) Revising the definition of Alzheimer's disease: A newlexicon. Lancet Neurol 9, 1118-1127.
11. Landes AM, Sperry SD, Strauss ME, Geldmacher DS (2001) Apathy in Alzheimer's Disease. J Am Geriatr Soc 49, 1700-1707.
12. Robert PH, Clairet S, Benoit M, Koutaich J, Bertogliati C, Tible O, Caci H, Borg M, Brocker P, Bedoucha P (2002) The apathy inventory: Assessment of apathy and awareness in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17, 1099-1105.