期刊
APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
卷 14, 期 3, 页码 208-214出版社
PSYCHOLOGY PRESS
DOI: 10.1080/09084280701509125
关键词
activities of daily living; Alzheimer's disease; dementia; executive functioning; functional ability
资金
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [S06GM048680, R25GM063787, T34GM008395] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM08395, S06GM048680, R25 GM063787, S06 GM048680, T34 GM008395, S06 GM048680-12A10013] Funding Source: Medline
There is very little research regarding the relationship between tests of executive functioning and actual functional ability in patients with dementia. Thirty-three patients diagnosed with dementia and 35 age- and education-matched healthy controls were administered tests of executing functioning and an observation- and informant-based activities of daily living (ADL). As expected, the results revealed that the controls outperformed the dementia patients on the executive and ADL tests. Additionally, executive functioning correlated significantly with aspects of functional ability in patients with dementia. This relationship was strongest for tests of verbal fluency and a complex test of cognitive flexibility and reasoning ability (i.e., Wisconsin Card Sorting Test). These findings suggest that some executive function tests are more sensitive than others for predicting specific functional abilities and that they may be most useful to healthcare professionals for treatment planning.
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