Detecting clinical change with the CDR-FTLD: differences between FTLD and AD dementia

Mioshi, Eneida, Flanagan, Emma and Knopman, David (2017) Detecting clinical change with the CDR-FTLD: differences between FTLD and AD dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32 (9). 977–982. ISSN 0885-6230

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the psychometric properties of the Clinical Dementia Scale—frontotemporal lobar degeneration (CDR-FTLD) psychometric properties using Rasch analysis and its sensitivity distinguishing disease progression between FTLD and Alzheimer's disease (AD).  Methods: Of 603 consecutive patients from the National Alzheimer Coordinating Center dataset (FTLD = 350; AD = 253), 120 FTLDs were included in a Rasch analysis to verify CDR-FTLD psychometric properties; 483 (FTLD = 230; AD = 253) were included to analyse disease progression, with 195 (FTLD = 82; AD = 113) followed-up (24 months).  Results: The CDR-FTLD demonstrated good consistency, construct and concurrent validity and correlated well with mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and disease duration (ps < 0.05). At baseline, FTLD showed greater dementia severity than AD after matched for MMSE and disease duration (p < 0.001). Independent Rasch analyses demonstrated different patterns of progression for FTLD and AD in terms of the domains initially and then subsequently affected with disease progression. At follow-up, although MMSE showed significant changes (p < 0.05), these were greater on the CDR-FTLD (p < 0.001).  Conclusion: The CDR-FTLD satisfactorily measures dementia severity and change in FTLD, distinguishing disease progression between FTLD and AD, with clear implications for care, prognosis and future clinical trials. © 2016 The Authors. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright 2016 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	frontotemporal dementia,frontotemporal lobar degeneration,disease progression,cdr-ftld,dementia severity
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Dementia & Complexity in Later Life Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2016 00:01
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2024 01:29
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59775
DOI:	10.1002/gps.4556

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