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Oral and Written Naming in Alzheimer's Disease: A Longitudinal Study
- Source :
- Current Alzheimer Research; November 2018, Vol. 15 Issue: 12 p1142-1150, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background: The expressive difficulties in patients with Alzheimer's dementia have been extensively studied, mainly in oral language. However, the deterioration of their writing processes has received much less attention. Objective: The present study aims to examine the decline of the performance of patients with Alzheimer's disease in both oral and written picture-naming tasks. Method: Sixty-four participants (half with Alzheimer's disease and half healthy elderly) were compared in the oral and written versions of a picture-naming task. Follow-up lasted two and a half years and patients were evaluated every six months. Results: Cross-sectional data indicate that the controls performed better than the patients, and both groups showed a different pattern of errors. In terms of longitudinal data, the results show a similar pattern of deterioration in both tasks. In terms of errors, lexical-semantics were the most numerous at the beginning and their number remained constant throughout all evaluations. In the case of non-responses, there was a significant increase in the last session, both in oral and written naming. Conclusion: These results replicate those found in previous studies and highlight the utility of the naming task to detect minimal changes in the evolution of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15672050
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Current Alzheimer Research
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs46632761
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2174/1567205015666180813145402