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P3‐193: The utility of the verbal fluency test in early stage of Alzheimer's disease: Preliminary study
Author(s) -
Yi Hyon-Ah,
Lee Hyung,
Yi Sang-Doe,
Choi Seung-Ho
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.1759
Subject(s) - verbal fluency test , stroop effect , fluency , boston naming test , psychology , cognition , memory span , neuropsychological test , neuropsychology , test (biology) , trail making test , audiology , correlation , verbal learning , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , working memory , medicine , psychiatry , paleontology , mathematics education , geometry , mathematics , biology
Results: Mean age for total sample was 68.4 (SD 6.4) and mean educational level was 12.2 (SD 5.4). 41.2% of participants spontaneously referred being worried about memory, whereas 65.2% indicated some level of memory concern in the checklist, which suggests that assessment methods impact data on memory complaints. Analyses comparing spontaneous complainers (SC) and non-complainers (SNC) at baseline revealed no significant differences for cognitive performance variables (RBMT, FOME, SKT, Verbal Fluency, Trails A and B). At 24-month follow up, no significant differences were found for cognitive measures between SC and SNC. onclusions: In this sample, presence of memory complaints at baseline did not differentiate performance levels.