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2. Editorial: Cognitive assessment in facilitating early detection of dementia
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Pai-Yi Chiu, Chi-Cheng Yang, Mohammad H. Mahoor, and Hsin-Te Chang
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dementia ,early detection ,neuropsychological assessment ,cognitive symptoms ,mental processes ,Medicine - Published
- 2024
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3. Determining optimal cutoff scores of Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument to identify dementia and mild cognitive impairment in Taiwan
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Wan-Jing Lyu, Pai-Yi Chiu, Chung-Hsiang Liu, Yu-Chi Liao, and Hsin-Te Chang
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Aging ,Cognitive assessment ,Cognitive disorders ,Dementia ,Memory ,Geriatrics ,RC952-954.6 - Abstract
Abstract Background The early detection of dementia depends on efficient methods for the assessment of cognitive capacity. Existing cognitive screening tools are ill-suited to the differentiation of cognitive status, particularly when dealing with early-stage impairment. Methods The study included 8,979 individuals (> 50 years) with unimpaired cognitive functions, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or dementia. This study sought to determine optimal cutoffs values for the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) aimed at differentiating between individuals with or without dementia as well as between individuals with or without mild cognitive impairment. Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate the value of CASI tasks in predicting conversion from MCI to all-cause dementia, dementia of Alzheimer’s type (DAT), or to vascular dementia (VaD). Results Our optimized cutoff scores achieved high accuracy in differentiating between individuals with or without dementia (AUC = 0.87—0.93) and moderate accuracy in differentiating between CU and MCI individuals (AUC = 0.67 – 0.74). Among individuals without cognitive impairment, scores that were at least 1.5 × the standard deviation below the mean scores on CASI memory tasks were predictive of conversion to dementia within roughly 2 years after the first assessment (all-cause dementia: hazard ratio [HR] = 2.81 – 3.53; DAT: 1.28 – 1.49; VaD: 1.58). Note that the cutoff scores derived in this study were lower than those reported in previous studies. Conclusion Our results in this study underline the importance of establishing optimal cutoff scores for individuals with specific demographic characteristics and establishing profiles by which to guide CASI analysis.
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- 2024
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4. Predictive value of hypercholesterolemia, vegetarian diet, and hypertension for incident dementia among elderly Taiwanese individuals with low educational levels
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Sung-Man Fan, Pai-Yi Chiu, Chung-Hsiang Liu, Yu-Chi Liao, and Hsin-Te Chang
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Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,RM1-950 - Abstract
Objective: Early management of modifiable dementia-related factors is seen as a novel approach to preventing dementia onset; however, these efforts are often hindered by the complexity of interactions among these factors. In addition, different modifiable dementia-related factors may contribute to different etiologies of dementia. Design: The current study investigated the effects of common modifiable dementia-related factors on prediction of incident dementia, dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (DAT), and vascular dementia (VaD). Methods: Vascular- and lifestyle-related factors were used as predictors of incident dementia, DAT, and VaD among 1,285 elderly individuals without obvious signs of dementia or mild cognitive impairment. Cox proportional hazard models were used to evaluate the risks associated with each modifiable factor. Results: After controlling for factors other than stroke-related factors, hypercholesterolemia was correlated with a relatively low risk of all-cause incident dementia and DAT, whereas a vegetarian diet was correlated with an elevated risk of all-cause incident dementia and VaD. Hypertension was correlated with incident VaD. After controlling for stroke-related factors, a vegetarian diet was correlated with an elevated risk of all-cause dementia. A history of myocardiac infarction and the use of anti-platelet medication were, respectively, associated with a reduced risk of DAT and elevated risk of VaD. The use of anti-hypertensives was associated with a reduced risk of all-cause dementia, whereas the use of anti-lipid agents was associated with slow progression DAT (i.e. exceeding the average conversion time). Hypercholesterolemia was associated with an elevated risk for slow progression DAT. Conclusion: These findings could perhaps be used as clinical markers in predicting and preventing incident dementia, DAT, and VaD.
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- 2023
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5. Cholesterol Levels, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Incident Dementia among Older Adult Women
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Huei-Ying Chiu, Hsin-Te Chang, Po-Chi Chan, and Pai-Yi Chiu
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cholesterol ,incident dementia ,Alzheimer’s disease ,women ,dementia ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,TX341-641 - Abstract
Previous studies revealed that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) probably has a protective effect for preventing dementia in post-menopausal women. However, the results were still controversial. The association between cholesterol levels and incident dementia in older women is not fully understood either. We conducted a retrospective analysis on a cohort of non-demented women aged older than 50 years, which was registered in the History-based Artificial Intelligence Clinical Dementia Diagnostic System database from September 2015 to August 2021. We followed this cohort longitudinally to examine the rates of conversion to dementia. Using a Cox regression model, we investigated the impact of the quartile of total cholesterol (TC) levels on incident dementia, adjusting for age, sex, education, neuropsychiatric symptoms, neuropsychological assessments, HRT, as well as various vascular risk factors and medications. We examined a cohort of 787 participants, comprising 539 (68.5%) individuals who did not develop dementia (non-converters). Among these non-converters, 68 individuals (12.6%) were treated with HRT. By contrast, there were 248 (31.5%) who did develop dementia (converters). Among the converters, 28 individuals (11.3%) were treated with HRT. The average follow-up durations were 2.9 ± 1.5 and 3.3 ± 1.6 years for non-converters and converters, respectively. Compared to the lowest quartile of TC levels (201) quartiles, respectively (all p < 0.05). However, the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level and HRT did not alter the rate of conversion to dementia. In conclusion, the lowest quartile of TC increased incident dementia in post-menopausal women without dementia; however, HRT did not contribute to conversion to dementia. Some studies suggest that post-menopausal women who have reduced estrogen levels might have an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease if they also have high cholesterol. Nonetheless, the evidence is inconclusive, as not all studies support this finding. The “Lower LDL-C is better” strategy for preventing cardiac vascular disease should be re-examined for the possible serial adverse effects of new onset dementia due to very low cholesterol levels.
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- 2023
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6. Development of a simple screening tool for determining cognitive status in Alzheimer's disease.
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Hsin-Te Chang and Pai-Yi Chiu
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Cognitive screening is often a first step to document cognitive status of patients suspected having Alzheimer's disease (AD). Unfortunately, screening neuropsychological tests are often insensitivity in the detection. The goal of this study was to develop a simple and sensitive screening neuropsychological test to facilitate early detection of AD. This study recruited 761 elderly individuals suspected of having AD and presenting various cognitive statuses (mean age: 77.69 ± 8.45 years; proportion of females: 65%; cognitively unimpaired, CU, n = 133; mild cognitive impairment, MCI, n = 231; dementia of Alzheimer's type, DAT, n = 397). This study developed a novel screening neuropsychological test incorporating assessments of the core memory deficits typical of early AD and an interview on memory function with an informant. The proposed History-based Artificial Intelligence-Show Chwan Assessment of Cognition (HAI-SAC) was assessed in terms of psychometric properties, test time, and discriminative ability. The results were compared with those obtained using other common screening tests, including Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and an extracted Mini-Mental State Examination score from CASI. HAI-SAC demonstrated acceptable internal consistency. Factor analysis revealed two factors: memory (semantic and contextual) and cognition-related information from informants. The assessment performance of HAI-SAC was strongly correlated with that of the common screening neuropsychological tests addressed in this study. HAI-SAC outperformed the other tests in differentiating CU individuals from patients with MCI (sensitivity: 0.87; specificity: 0.58; area under the curve [AUC]: 0.78) or DAT (sensitivity: 0.99; specificity: 0.89; AUC: 0.98). Performance of HAI-SAC on differentiating MCI from DAT was on par with performances of other tests (sensitivity: 0.78; specificity: 0.84; AUC: 0.87), while the test time was less than one quarter that of CASI and half that of MoCA. HAI-SAC is psychometrically sound, cost-effective, and sensitive in discriminating the cognitive status of AD.
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- 2023
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7. Arrhythmia and other modifiable risk factors in incident dementia and MCI among elderly individuals with low educational levels in Taiwan
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Yen-Chang Huang, Chung-Hsiang Liu, Yu-Chi Liao, Hsin-Te Chang, and Pai-Yi Chiu
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arrhythmia ,dementia ,mild cognitive impairment ,coronary heart disease ,anti-lipid compounds ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
IntroductionThere is increasing evidence that arrhythmia is a risk factor for dementia; however, it appears that arrhythmia affects the cognitive function of individuals differentially across age groups, races, and educational levels. Demographic differences including educational level have also been found to moderate the effects of modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline.MethodsThis study recruited 1,361 individuals including a group of cognitively unimpaired (CU) individuals, a group of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and a group of patients with dementia with low education levels. The participants were evaluated in terms of modifiable risk factors for dementia, including arrhythmia and neuropsychiatric symptoms.ResultsCox proportional hazard regression models revealed that among older MCI patients (>75 years), those with arrhythmia faced an elevated risk of dementia. Among younger MCI patients, those taking anti-hypertensive drugs faced a relatively low risk of dementia. Among younger MCI patients, male sex and higher educational level were associated with an elevated risk of dementia. Among CU individuals, those with coronary heart disease and taking anti-lipid compounds faced an elevated risk of MCI and those with symptoms of depression faced an elevated risk of dementia.DiscussionThe risk and protective factors mentioned above could potentially be used as markers in predicting the onset of dementia in clinical settings, especially for individuals with low educational levels.
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- 2022
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8. Sum of boxes of the clinical dementia rating scale highly predicts conversion or reversion in predementia stages
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Ray-Chang Tzeng, Yu-Wan Yang, Kai-Cheng Hsu, Hsin-Te Chang, and Pai-Yi Chiu
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the clinical dementia rating ,sum of boxes of the clinical dementia rating ,Alzheimer’s disease ,history-based artificial intelligence clinical dementia diagnostic system ,predementia ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
BackgroundThe clinical dementia rating (CDR) scale is commonly used to diagnose dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The sum of boxes of the CDR (CDR-SB) has recently been emphasized and applied to interventional trials for tracing the progression of cognitive impairment (CI) in the early stages of AD. We aimed to study the influence of baseline CDR-SB on disease progression to dementia or reversion to normal cognition (NC).Materials and methodsThe baseline CDR < 1 cohort registered from September 2015 to August 2020 with longitudinal follow-up in the History-based Artificial Intelligence Clinical Dementia Diagnostic System (HAICDDS) database was retrospectively analyzed for the rates of conversion to CDR ≥ 1. A Cox regression model was applied to study the influence of CDR-SB levels on progression, adjusting for age, education, sex, neuropsychological tests, neuropsychiatric symptoms, parkinsonism, and multiple vascular risk factors.ResultsA total of 1,827 participants were analyzed, including 1,258 (68.9%) non-converters, and 569 (31.1%) converters with mean follow-up of 2.1 (range 0.4–5.5) and 1.8 (range 0.3–5.0) years, respectively. Conversion rates increased with increasing CDR-SB scores. Compared to a CDR-SB score of 0, the hazard ratios (HR) for conversion to dementia were 1.51, 1.91, 2.58, 2.13, 3.46, 3.85, 3.19, 5.12, and 5.22 for CDR-SB scores of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, and ≥4.5, respectively (all p < 0.05 except for CDR-SB score = 0.5). In addition, older age, lower education, lower cognitive performance, and a history of diabetes also increased conversion rates. Furthermore, reversions to NC were 12.5, 5.6, 0.9, and 0% for CDR-SB scores of 0.5, 1.0–2.0, 2.5–3.5 and ≥4.0, respectively (p < 0.001).ConclusionCDR-SB in predementia or very mild dementia (VMD) stages highly predicts progression to dementia or reversion to NC. Therefore, CDR-SB could be a good candidate for tracing the effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in populations without dementia.
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- 2022
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9. Arbitrary and semantic associations in subjective memory impairment and amnestic mild cognitive impairment among Taiwanese individuals: A cross-sectional study
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Hsin-Te Chang, Ta-Fu Chen, Ting-Wen Cheng, Ya-Mei Lai, and Mau-Sun Hua
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Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Background/Purpose: Researchers have recently proposed a preclinical stage of dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT), referred to as subjective memory impairment (SMI), with the aim of developing methods for the early detection of DAT and subsequent intervention. It has been proposed that the objective memory functions of individuals with SMI are normal; however, arbitrary and semantic associations are both used to describe the processes of memory. No previous studies have investigated these processes among individuals with SMI. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis was used to compare the memory function of individuals with SMI, amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), or DAT. One hundred and eighty-three participants were recruited from the Memory Clinic of National Taiwan University Hospital and communities in northern Taiwan, including individuals with no memory complaints (HC, n = 30) and individuals with SMI (n = 61), aMCI-single domain (n = 24), aMCI-multiple domain (n = 33), or DAT (n = 35). The Word Sequence Learning Test (WSLT) was used to assess the formation of arbitrary associations and the Logical Memory subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Third Edition was used to assess the formation of semantic associations. Results: Compared to the HC group, the SMI group performed poorly only on the WSLT, whereas the other groups performed poorly on both of the memory tasks. This study demonstrated that SMI individuals tend to perform poorly in the formation of arbitrary associations. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that tasks requiring arbitrary associations may provide greater sensitivity in the detection cognitive changes associated with preclinical DAT. Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, Mild cognitive impairment, Neuropsychology, Dementia
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- 2018
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10. Extending Normative Data of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test to Account for Preliminary Psychometric Properties among Elderly Individuals in Taiwan
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Ting-Jia Li, Mau-Sun Hua, Meng-Ying Liu, Yu-Chi Liao, and Hsin-Te Chang
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Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology ,General Medicine - Abstract
ObjectiveThe Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) is widely used to assess cognitive performance in clinical settings. However, availability of normative data for Revised Version of PASAT (PASAT-R) is often constrained by sample size among elderly individuals. In this study, we sought to establish normative data for PASAT-R for elderly individuals in Taiwan.MethodsThis study recruited 166 individuals aged over 65 years stratified in accordance with the general population in terms of demographic characteristics, including age, educational level, and sex. We assessed PASAT-R test results in terms of psychometric properties.ResultsPASAT-R demonstrated good internal consistency and test–retest reliability. Performance on PASAT-R was correlated with performance on the criterion tests. Performance on PASAT-R was negatively correlated with age and positively correlated with educational level. This study provides normative data for PASAT-R for elderly Taiwanese individuals.ConclusionsPASAT-R is applicable to neuropsychological assessment among elderly Taiwanese individuals.
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- 2022
11. Deterioration and predictive values of semantic networks in mild cognitive impairment
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Ya-Mei Lai, Wan-Chun Fan, Meng-Ying Liu, Hsin-Te Chang, Ming-Jang Chiu, Ta-Fu Chen, Ting-Wen Cheng, and Mau-Sun Hua
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Linguistics and Language ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cognitive Neuroscience ,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology ,Audiology ,medicine.disease ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Predictive value ,Semantic network ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,mental disorders ,Cognitive Changes ,medicine ,Dementia ,Semantic memory ,Psychology ,Cognitive impairment ,Cluster analysis ,Perceptual information - Abstract
Recent study has suggested semantic memory deterioration may be the earliest cognitive changes in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Few previous researchers have investigated specific changes in the semantic structures in the memory of patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). This study examined the clustering performance in semantic fluency among 160 participants in various MCI subgroups (aMCI single domain, aMCI-sd, n = 30; aMCI multiple domain, aMCI-md, n = 30; non-aMCI multiple domain, naMCI-md, n = 10) as well as a group of mildly impaired individuals with dementia of AD type (DAT, n = 20), and a group of healthy controls (HC, n = 70). Compared with HC group, DAT patients presented deficient clustering in each semantic category related to living things. aMCI-sd group presented defective clustering when dealing with the clustering of items that may be more strongly associated with praxis and perceptual information in the categories that included inanimate living things. aMCI-md group displayed defective patterns similar to those in the aMCI-sd group; however, they displayed more profound deficits in clustering that may require perceptual information. Patients with naMCI-md preserved their ability to perform clustering on all of the categories. The poor clustering of items that may be more strongly associated with praxis could be used as a means of predicting conversion from aMCI-sd to DAT, whereas performance on items that may require perceptual information could be used to predict conversion among aMCI-md patients. These findings demonstrate the degree to which the semantic structures in memory can be used for the assessment of aMCI patients and prediction of conversion to DAT.
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- 2022
12. Boundary extension as a tool for detection of cognitive change among individuals with mild cognitive impairment: A preliminary study
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Yi-Chien Yang, Hsing-Tien Lien, Ming-Jang Chiu, Hsin-Te Chang, Ta-Fu Chen, Mau-Sun Hua, Hsin-Fan Wang, and Yi-Ting Hsu
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Aging ,Health (social science) ,False memory ,Disease ,Neuropsychological Tests ,Correlation ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cognition ,Alzheimer Disease ,Humans ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Cognitive impairment ,Recognition memory ,Aged ,030214 geriatrics ,Recall ,Neuropsychology ,Recognition, Psychology ,Mental Recall ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,Psychology ,Gerontology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Objectives Recent neuropathological research suggests that recognition memory supported by familiarity rather than recollection may be the earliest cognitive change in course of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Nonetheless, the findings on the issue of familiarity capacity in the prodromal AD remain inconsistent. Boundary extension (BE), in which the view recollected by the subject covers a wider angle than was actually observed, is a form of false memory. Given that BE occurs implicitly and automatically, it may be a candidate for assessing familiarity functioning in cases of AD. This was the issue explored in the current study. Methods : One-hundred and six participants comprising a younger adult group (YA, n = 40), a healthy older adult group (OA, n = 40), and a group of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI, n = 26) underwent testing for BE and neuropsychological functions. Parts of OA and MCI underwent analysis for plasma tau levels. Receiver-operating characteristic analysis was used to assess memory associated with familiarity and recollection among participants. Results : The OA and MCI groups could be differentiated by the degree of familiarity associated with BE, wherein the latter group displayed minimal familiarity. Among OAs, familiarity was positively associated with education level. We observed a correlation between plasma tau levels and various neuropsychological functions. Most of the associations between plasma tau levels and neuropsychological functions were mediated by education level. Conclusions : Our findings indicate that BE could detect early decline in familiarity and assess preserved cognitive functions in aging
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- 2020
13. Arbitrary and semantic associations in subjective memory impairment and amnestic mild cognitive impairment among Taiwanese individuals: A cross-sectional study
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Ting-Wen Cheng, Mau-Sun Hua, Ya-Mei Lai, Hsin-Te Chang, and Ta-Fu Chen
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Male ,Cross-sectional study ,education ,Neuropsychological Tests ,050105 experimental psychology ,Logical address ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Memory ,mental disorders ,Memory functions ,Medicine ,Dementia ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,Aged ,lcsh:R5-920 ,Memory Disorders ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Memory clinic ,Neuropsychology ,Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Semantics ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Female ,Sequence learning ,business ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Background/Purpose: Researchers have recently proposed a preclinical stage of dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT), referred to as subjective memory impairment (SMI), with the aim of developing methods for the early detection of DAT and subsequent intervention. It has been proposed that the objective memory functions of individuals with SMI are normal; however, arbitrary and semantic associations are both used to describe the processes of memory. No previous studies have investigated these processes among individuals with SMI. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis was used to compare the memory function of individuals with SMI, amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), or DAT. One hundred and eighty-three participants were recruited from the Memory Clinic of National Taiwan University Hospital and communities in northern Taiwan, including individuals with no memory complaints (HC, n = 30) and individuals with SMI (n = 61), aMCI-single domain (n = 24), aMCI-multiple domain (n = 33), or DAT (n = 35). The Word Sequence Learning Test (WSLT) was used to assess the formation of arbitrary associations and the Logical Memory subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Third Edition was used to assess the formation of semantic associations. Results: Compared to the HC group, the SMI group performed poorly only on the WSLT, whereas the other groups performed poorly on both of the memory tasks. This study demonstrated that SMI individuals tend to perform poorly in the formation of arbitrary associations. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that tasks requiring arbitrary associations may provide greater sensitivity in the detection cognitive changes associated with preclinical DAT. Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, Mild cognitive impairment, Neuropsychology, Dementia
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- 2017
14. Early Detection of Semantic Memory Changes May Help Predict the Course of Alzheimer’s Disease
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Hsin Te Chang, Mau Sun Hua, and Ming jang Chiu
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Cognitive science ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Computer science ,Early detection ,Semantic memory ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Omics ,Data science ,Course (navigation) - Published
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15. Distinct Patterns and Clinical Implications of Semantic Memory Deterioration Among Patients With MCI
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Hsin-Te Chang, Ming-Jang Chiu, Ta-Fu Chen, Ting-Wen Cheng, and Mau-Sun Hua
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Audiology ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Task (project management) ,Cohort Studies ,Executive Function ,Text mining ,Alzheimer Disease ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Semantic memory ,Dementia ,Humans ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance ,Longitudinal Studies ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Memory Disorders ,business.industry ,Cognition ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Case-Control Studies ,Disease Progression ,Linear Models ,Female ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business ,Psychology ,Gerontology ,Executive dysfunction - Abstract
Limited research has investigated the effects of executive dysfunction on semantic memory deterioration among patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). This study examined the cognitive performance of 181 participants from various MCI subgroups, a group of mildly impaired individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and a group of individuals with subjective memory impairment on various semantic memory tasks. The aMCI-single domain (aMCI-sd) group displayed poor performance on a semantic memory task requiring relatively higher degrees of effortful retrieval, and participants in the aMCI-multiple domain (aMCI-md) group, who also suffered with mild executive dysfunction displayed poor performance on all semantic memory tasks, similar to the DAT group. The nonamnestic MCI (non-a-MCI)-single domain group displayed normal performance across all semantic tasks, whereas the non-a-MCI-multiple domain group displayed a pattern similar to that of the aMCI-sd group. aMCI-sd patients who displayed poor performance on the semantic memory task had higher risk of conversion to DAT, whereas poor performance on tasks requiring relatively less effortful retrieval was associated with higher risk of conversion in the aMCI-md group. Thus, executive function may relate to deterioration of semantic memory retrieval processes. Such patterns of semantic memory impairment could be valuable for characterization of cognitive differences among MCI patients.
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- 2014
16. Distinct Patterns and Clinical Implications of Semantic Memory Deterioration Among Patients With MCI.
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Hsin-Te Chang, Ming-Jang Chiu, Ta-Fu Chen, Ting-Wen Cheng, and Mau-Sun Hua
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Limited research has investigated the effects of executive dysfunction on semantic memory deterioration among patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). This study examined the cognitive performance of 181 participants from various MCI subgroups, a group of mildly impaired individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and a group of individuals with subjective memory impairment on various semantic memory tasks. The aMCI-single domain (aMCI-sd) group displayed poor performance on a semantic memory task requiring relatively higher degrees of effortful retrieval, and participants in the aMCI-multiple domain (aMCI-md) group, who also suffered with mild executive dysfunction displayed poor performance on all semantic memory tasks, similar to the DAT group. The nonamnestic MCI (non-a-MCI)-single domain group displayed normal performance across all semantic tasks, whereas the non-a-MCI-multiple domain group displayed a pattern similar to that of the aMCI-sd group. aMCI-sd patients who displayed poor performance on the semantic memory task had higher risk of conversion to DAT, whereas poor performance on tasks requiring relatively less effortful retrieval was associated with higher risk of conversion in the aMCI-md group. Thus, executive function may relate to deterioration of semantic memory retrieval processes. Such patterns of semantic memory impairment could be valuable for characterization of cognitive differences among MCI patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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