Cognitive and psychological characteristics in patients with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy : a literature review

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AIM: To review the current data on cognitive and psychological characteristics of patients with CAA and on the instruments used for their evaluation.

METHODS: A systematic search was performed in Embase, Scopus and PubMed with terms related to "cerebral amyloid angiopathy", "neuropsychological measures" and "patient-reported outcome measures" from January 2001 to December 2021.

RESULTS: Out of 2851 records, 18 articles were selected. The cognitive evaluation was present in all of which, while the psychological one only in five articles. The MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination), TMT (Trail Making Test), fluency test, verbal learning test, digit span, digit symbol and Rey figure tests were the most used cognitive tests, while executive function, memory, processing speed, visuospatial function, attention and language were the most frequent impaired cognitive functions. Depression was the most considered psychological factor usually measured with BDI (Beck Depression Inventory) and GDS (Geriatric Depression Scale).

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study might be used in clinical practice as a guide to choose cognitive and psychological instruments and integrate them in the clinical evaluation. The results might also be used in the research field for studies investigating the impact of cognitive and psychological variables on the disease course and for consensus studies aimed at define a standardized evaluation of these aspects.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - (2024) vom: 22. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schiavolin, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Camarda, Giorgia [VerfasserIn]
Mazzucchelli, Alessia [VerfasserIn]
Mariniello, Arianna [VerfasserIn]
Marinoni, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Storti, Benedetta [VerfasserIn]
Canavero, Isabella [VerfasserIn]
Bersano, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Leonardi, Matilde [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Cognitive factors
Evaluation
Journal Article
Psychological factors
Review

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Date Revised 22.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1007/s10072-024-07399-7

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NLM368788830