Are saving appearance responses typical communication patterns in Alzheimer's disease?

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:To keep up appearances, people with dementia sometimes pretend to know the correct answer, as seen during administration of neuropsychological tests such as the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). These saving appearance responses (SARs) of people with dementia often lead to caregivers and/or medical staff underestimating the severity of dementia and impede proper early initiation of treatment. However, most descriptions of SARs are based on empirical knowledge of clinicians. In this study, we investigated whether SARs are typical communication patterns in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), compared with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). METHODS:The participants were 107 outpatients with AD, 16 with mixed AD with cerebrovascular dementia,

SUBMITTER: Matsushita M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5965895 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature