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Pronounced Impairment of Everyday Skills and Self-Care in Posterior Cortical Atrophy.

Shakespeare, TJ; Yong, KX; Foxe, D; Hodges, J; Crutch, SJ; (2014) Pronounced Impairment of Everyday Skills and Self-Care in Posterior Cortical Atrophy. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease , 43 (2) pp. 381-384. 10.3233/JAD-141071. Green open access

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Abstract

Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by progressive visual dysfunction and parietal, occipital, and occipitotemporal atrophy. The aim of this study was to compare the impact of PCA and typical Alzheimer's disease (tAD) on everyday functional abilities and neuropsychiatric status. The Cambridge Behavioural Inventory-Revised was given to carers of 32 PCA and 71 tAD patients. PCA patients showed significantly greater impairment in everyday skills and self-care while the tAD group showed greater impairment in aspects of memory and orientation, and motivation. We suggest that PCA poses specific challenges for those caring for people affected by the condition.

Type: Article
Title: Pronounced Impairment of Everyday Skills and Self-Care in Posterior Cortical Atrophy.
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-141071
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-141071
Language: English
Additional information: This article is published online with Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License
Keywords: Caregivers, early onset Alzheimer's disease, psychology, questionnaires, self-care, self-report
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1437210
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