The influence of culture and cognitive reserve on the clinical presentation of behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia.

ABSTRACT: Characterisation of the clinical profile of behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) has predominantly been based on Western samples. Some small studies have suggested that the clinical profile may differ in culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Additionally, there is evidence that patients from non-English speaking backgrounds may have more cognitive reserve, allowing them to tolerate more disease pathology before clinical symptoms emerge. This study aims to characterise the clinical profiles of patients with bvFTD from culturally diverse backgrounds. BvFTD patients were classified as Australian-born (Australian) or Culturally and Linguistically Diverse-English-speaking (CALD-English) and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse-Language Other Than English (CALD-LOTE)

SUBMITTER: Skeggs A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10188392 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature