Awareness of deficits in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: do MCI patients have impaired insight?
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Awareness of deficits in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease : do MCI patients have impaired insight? / Vogel, Asmus; Stokholm, Jette; Gade, Anders; Andersen, Birgitte Bo; Hejl, Anne-Mette; Waldemar, Gunhild.
I: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Bind 17, Nr. 3, 2004, s. 181-7.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Awareness of deficits in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
T2 - do MCI patients have impaired insight?
AU - Vogel, Asmus
AU - Stokholm, Jette
AU - Gade, Anders
AU - Andersen, Birgitte Bo
AU - Hejl, Anne-Mette
AU - Waldemar, Gunhild
N1 - Copyright 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - In this study we investigated impaired awareness of cognitive deficits in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Very few studies have addressed this topic, and methodological inconsistencies make the comparison of previous studies difficult. From a prospective research program 36 consecutive patients with mild AD (MMSE above 19), 30 with amnesic MCI and 33 matched controls were examined. Using three methods for awareness assessment we found no significant differences in the level of awareness between MCI and AD. Both groups had impaired awareness and significant heterogeneity in the clinical presentation of awareness. The results demonstrate that subjective memory problems should not be a mandatory prerequisite in suspected dementia or MCI, which makes reports from informants together with thorough clinical interview and observation central when assessing suspected dementia disorders.
AB - In this study we investigated impaired awareness of cognitive deficits in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Very few studies have addressed this topic, and methodological inconsistencies make the comparison of previous studies difficult. From a prospective research program 36 consecutive patients with mild AD (MMSE above 19), 30 with amnesic MCI and 33 matched controls were examined. Using three methods for awareness assessment we found no significant differences in the level of awareness between MCI and AD. Both groups had impaired awareness and significant heterogeneity in the clinical presentation of awareness. The results demonstrate that subjective memory problems should not be a mandatory prerequisite in suspected dementia or MCI, which makes reports from informants together with thorough clinical interview and observation central when assessing suspected dementia disorders.
U2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000076354
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000076354
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 181
EP - 187
JO - Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
JF - Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
SN - 1420-8008
IS - 3
ER -
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