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Everyday reasoning abilities in persons with Parkinson's disease
Author(s) -
Young Tiffany L.,
Granic Antoneta,
Yu Chen Tuo,
Haley Christine B.,
Edwards Jerri D.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.23379
Subject(s) - psychology , parkinson's disease , degenerative disease , disease , cognitive psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , central nervous system disease , neuroscience , pathology
Parkinson's disease (PD) patients develop progressive cognitive decline. The degree to which such decline impacts instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) among individuals in the early stages of PD without dementia is not well documented. The Everyday Cognitive Battery Reasoning subtest (ECB) was used to assess ability to solve everyday reasoning tasks for IADL among 19 non‐demented older adults with PD in comparison to 20 older adults without PD. The two groups were similar in age, education, race and gender. Individuals with PD had significantly lower scores ( M = 61.98, SD = 12.03) than the comparison group ( M = 69.80, SD = 9.48). Individuals with PD, who do not have dementia, may be more likely to experience difficulties in IADL requiring reasoning including medication use, finances, and nutrition. Even more serious implications lie in the capacity to make treatment choices. © 2010 Movement Disorder Society