Executive Dysfunction and Behavioral Symptoms Are Associated with Deficits in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Frontotemporal Dementia
Open Access
- 20 January 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
- Vol. 43 (1-2), 89-99
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000455119
Abstract
Background: Deficits in instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs) may be more prominent in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) than in nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA) or semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA). It is uncertain whether frontotemporal dementia (FTD) subgroups exhibit different patterns and/or predictors of functional impairment. Methods: We examined data from participants diagnosed with bvFTD (n = 607), svPPA (n = 132), and nfvPPA (n = 155) who were included in the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) Uniform Data Set (UDS) and assessed with the Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ). Stepwise multiple linear regression analyses were performed to identify associations between FAQ scores and cognitive/behavioral deficits using the NACC UDS neuropsychological testing battery and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire. Results: FAQ scores were higher in bvFTD than svPPA or nfvPPA. Functional deficits across FTD subtypes differed in severity, but not pattern, and were driven by executive dysfunction and behavioral symptoms. Conclusion: Executive dysfunction and behavioral symptoms underlie instrumental ADL deficits in FTD, which are most prominent in bvFTD.Keywords
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