| Subjective and objective assessment of executive functions in Parkinson's disease. | |
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PMID: 21807381 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Impairments in executive functions (EF) in Parkinson's disease (PD) will have a negative influence on daily life. For the assessment objective and subjective measurement approaches are used. It is however unknown whether these approaches contribute in a different way to the assessment of EF in PD. Thirty-nine PD patients and 24 healthy participants completed the Dysexecutive questionnaire (DEX; subjective measure) and the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB; objective measure). PD patients showed impaired EF (FAB) and reported more problems with EF in daily life (DEX) than healthy participants. The performance on the FAB could however not be explained by the problems with EF that were reported by PD patients (DEX) and vice versa. In conclusion, not all PD patients who show impairments in EF report them and not all PD patients who report problems with EF in daily life show impairments according to objective measurement. Both measures thus contribute in a different way to the assessment of EF in PD patients. However, it has to be considered that the FAB is not a critical test to assess cognition in PD, since these patients also suffer from posterior abnormalities including memory and visuo-spatial deficits which are strong predictors for PD dementia. |
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Janneke Koerts; Lara Tucha; Klaus L Leenders; Marije van Beilen; Wiebo H Brouwer; Oliver Tucha |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-30 |
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Title: Journal of the neurological sciences Volume: - ISSN: 1878-5883 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-8-2 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0375403 Medline TA: J Neurol Sci Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. |
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