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- Title
Diogenes Syndrome in Frontotemporal Dementia.
- Authors
Cova, Ilaria; Grande, Giulia; Cucumo, Valentina; Ghiretti, Roberta; Maggiore, Laura; Galimberti, Daniela; Scarpini, Elio; Mariani, Claudio; Pomati, Simone
- Abstract
Aim: To assess memory impairment insight as a predictor of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods: To verify whether the awareness of memory impairment assessed by Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was associated with the risk of progression to dementia and AD in a cohort of MCI, we used a Cox regression model adjusted for age, sex, education, subtypes of amnestic MCI, Mini-Mental State Examination, Cumulative Illness Rating Scale severity index, and apolipoprotein E genotype. Results: During a follow-up of 27.7 (20.8) months, 205 (63.3%) of 324 patients with amnestic MCI progressed to dementia, including 141 to AD. No association was found in the unadjusted, partially adjusted (for sociodemographic variables), and fully adjusted multivariate Cox analysis between the awareness of memory impairment and the progression to dementia and AD. Discussion: Awareness or anosognosia of memory deficits, identified by GDS, is not useful to predict progression to dementia of patients with amnestic MCI.
- Subjects
DIOGENES syndrome; FRONTAL lobe; HEALTH self-care; SELF-neglect; COMPULSIVE hoarding; FRONTOTEMPORAL dementia; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, 2017, Vol 32, Issue 7, p438
- ISSN
1533-3175
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1533317517717012