Cognitive and behavioral symptoms in ALSFTD: detection, differentiation, and progression

Hsieh, Sharpley, Caga, Jashelle, Leslie, Felicity V. C., Shibata, Marlene, Daveson, Naomi, Foxe, David, Ramsey, Eleanor, Lillo, Patricia, Ahmed, Rebekah M., Devenney, Emma, Burrell, James R., Hodges, John R., Kiernan, Matthew C. and Mioshi, Eneida (2016) Cognitive and behavioral symptoms in ALSFTD: detection, differentiation, and progression. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 29 (1). pp. 3-10. ISSN 0891-9887

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Abstract

Brief screening tools that detect and differentiate patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALSFTD) from those more subtle cognitive or behavioral symptoms (ALS plus) and motor symptoms only (ALS pure) is pertinent in a clinical setting. The utility of 2 validated and data-driven tests (Mini-Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination [M-ACE] and Motor Neuron Disease Behavioral Scale [MiND-B]) was investigated in 70 ALS patients (24 ALSFTD, 19 ALS plus, and 27 ALS pure). More than 90% of patients with ALSFTD scored at or below the cutoff on the M-ACE, whereas this was seen in only about 20% of ALS patients without dementia. The MiND-B differentiated between ALS pure and ALS plus diagnostic categories. Rasch modeling of M-ACE and MiND-B items revealed early cognitive (fluency, memory recall) and behavioral (apathy) symptoms in ALSFTD. The combined use of the M-ACE and MiND-B detects patients with ALSFTD, differentiates along the ALS continuum, and offers insight into the progression of nonmotor symptomatology in ALSFTD.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,frontotemporal dementia,cognitive screening,behavioral disturbance
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
Related URLs:	http://jgp.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/0...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2016 14:00
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 01:36
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/56678
DOI:	10.1177/0891988715598232

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