Abstract
Background: The expressive difficulties in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia have been extensively studied, mainly in oral language. However, the deterioration of their writing processes has received much less attention.
Objective: The present study aims to examine the decline of the performance of patients with Alzheimer’s disease in both oral and written picture-naming tasks.
Method: Sixty-four participants (half with Alzheimer’s disease and half healthy elderly) were compared in the oral and written versions of a picture-naming task. Follow-up lasted two and a half years and patients were evaluated every six months.
Results: Cross-sectional data indicate that the controls performed better than the patients, and both groups showed a different pattern of errors. In terms of longitudinal data, the results show a similar pattern of deterioration in both tasks. In terms of errors, lexical-semantics were the most numerous at the beginning and their number remained constant throughout all evaluations. In the case of non-responses, there was a significant increase in the last session, both in oral and written naming.
Conclusion: These results replicate those found in previous studies and highlight the utility of the naming task to detect minimal changes in the evolution of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Keywords: Alzheimer`s disease, picture-naming, anomia, writing disorders, cognitive decline, longitudinal study.
Current Alzheimer Research
Title:Oral and Written Naming in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Longitudinal Study
Volume: 15 Issue: 12
Author(s): Maria Gonzalez-Nosti*, Fernando Cuetos and Carmen Martinez
Affiliation:
- University of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, Hospital of Cabuenes, Asturias,Spain
Keywords: Alzheimer`s disease, picture-naming, anomia, writing disorders, cognitive decline, longitudinal study.
Abstract: Background: The expressive difficulties in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia have been extensively studied, mainly in oral language. However, the deterioration of their writing processes has received much less attention.
Objective: The present study aims to examine the decline of the performance of patients with Alzheimer’s disease in both oral and written picture-naming tasks.
Method: Sixty-four participants (half with Alzheimer’s disease and half healthy elderly) were compared in the oral and written versions of a picture-naming task. Follow-up lasted two and a half years and patients were evaluated every six months.
Results: Cross-sectional data indicate that the controls performed better than the patients, and both groups showed a different pattern of errors. In terms of longitudinal data, the results show a similar pattern of deterioration in both tasks. In terms of errors, lexical-semantics were the most numerous at the beginning and their number remained constant throughout all evaluations. In the case of non-responses, there was a significant increase in the last session, both in oral and written naming.
Conclusion: These results replicate those found in previous studies and highlight the utility of the naming task to detect minimal changes in the evolution of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Gonzalez-Nosti Maria *, Cuetos Fernando and Martinez Carmen , Oral and Written Naming in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Longitudinal Study, Current Alzheimer Research 2018; 15 (12) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205015666180813145402
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205015666180813145402 |
Print ISSN 1567-2050 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5828 |
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