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Everyday reasoning abilities in persons with Parkinson’s disease

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Antoneta Granic

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Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) patients develop progressive cognitive decline. The degree to which such decline impacts instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) among individuals in the early stages of PD without dementia is not well documented. The Everyday Cognitive Battery Reasoning subtest (ECB) was used to assess ability to solve everyday reasoning tasks for IADL among 19 non-demented older adults with PD in comparison to 20 older adults without PD. The two groups were similar in age, education, race and gender. Individuals with PD had significantly lower scores (M = 61.98, SD = 12.03) than the comparison group (M = 69.80, SD = 9.48). Individuals with PD, who do not have dementia, may be more likely to experience difficulties in IADL requiring reasoning including medication use, finances, and nutrition. Even more serious implications lie in the capacity to make treatment choices.

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Author(s): Young TL, Granic A, Chen T, Haley C, Edwards JD

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Movement Disorders

Year: 2010

Volume: 25

Issue: 16

Pages: 2756-2761

Print publication date: 15/12/2010

Online publication date: 11/10/2010

Acceptance date: 01/07/1996

Date deposited: 17/12/2015

ISSN (print): 0885-3185

ISSN (electronic): 1531-8257

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.23379

DOI: 10.1002/mds.23379

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