Factor Structure of a Modified Version of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: An Analysis of Executive Deficit in Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Nagahama ◽  
Tomoko Okina ◽  
Norio Suzuki ◽  
Shigeru Matsuzaki ◽  
Hiroshi Yamauchi ◽  
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Brain Injury ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40 ◽  
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Kevin W. Greve ◽  
Jeffrey M. Love ◽  
Elisabeth Sherwin ◽  
Charles W. Mathias ◽  
Paul Ramzinski ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S123-S124
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Sean Carruthers ◽  
Caroline Gurvich ◽  
Chad Bousman ◽  
Ian Everall ◽  
Christos Pantelis ◽  
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2020 ◽  
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pp. 1143-1148
Author(s):  
Dong Jin Shin ◽  
Taehee Kim ◽  
Do-Un Jung ◽  
Jung-Joon Moon ◽  
Dong-Wook Jeon ◽  
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Objective Cognition of peritoneal dialysis patients is influenced by various factors including dialysis adequacy such as fractional urea clearance (Kt/V) and relative overhydration (RelOH). This study aimed to discover the potential contribution of dialysis adequacy to cognitive function in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis.Methods Fifty-nine patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis were recruited. Demographic information, comorbidities, and clinical lab findings were retrospectively collected, and dialysis adequacy was determined by the Kt/V and RelOH calculation. Cognition and depression were measured with Digit Symbol Substitution Test, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test, Wechsler memory scale (spatial span), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and Beck’s depression inventory. Partial correlation test was used to explore the correlation of dialysis adequacy with cognitive function.Results RelOH showed significant correlation with some of the Wisconsin Card Sorting test results. The categories achieved showed negative correlation (r=-0.32, p=0.02) and trials to complete first category showed positive correlation (r=0.31, p=0.02) with RelOH. Other tasks showed no significant correlation with RelOH. Kt/V.Conclusion Our study demonstrates that peritoneal dialysis adequacy, measured by RelOH, seems to be significantly correlated with the occurrence of cognitive impairment. The outcome suggests that RelOH may have the potential to clarify the role of cognitive impairment in peritoneal dialysis patients.


2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 887-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Ready ◽  
Janessa O. Carvalho ◽  
Robert C. Green ◽  
Brandon E. Gavett ◽  
Robert A. Stern

ABSTRACTBackground: This study determined the reliability, validity, and factor structure of self-report emotions in persons with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) relative to controls.Methods: Participants (mild AD, n = 73; MCI, n = 159; controls, n = 96) rated current emotions with the Visual Analogue Mood Scales (Stern, 1997).Results: Internal consistency reliabilities were comparable across groups, as were the factor structures of emotion. Persons with AD reported more negative affect (NA) than persons with MCI and controls. The emotion that most differentiated groups was confusion. NA and PA may be more bipolar in persons with AD than for persons with MCI and controls.Conclusions: The underlying structure of affect was similar in persons with mild AD, MCI, and controls. Further, persons with MCI appeared to be “transitional” between cognitive health and dementia with regard to mood and affect. That is, participants with MCI tended to have affect scores that were intermediate between those with AD and controls. Implications for interventions to improve emotional well-being in AD and MCI are discussed.


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