Pseudo-words reading of Chinese patients with mild Alzheimer's disease
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2014.09.011
- VernacularTitle:轻度阿尔茨海默病的汉语假词阅读研究
- Author:
Fang LI
;
Weihong SU
;
Yu CHEN
;
Qing WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pseudo-words;
Reading;
Alzheimer's disease
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2014;23(9):805-807
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the language function impairment differences between the two steps from the form to sound processing and from the sound to meaning processing for pseudo-words reading in Alzheimer' s disease (AD).Methods The pseudo-words reading test consists two parts:pseudo-true words and pseudopseudo words.Each part had 10 words.All of the 20 words were presented randomly.Correct reading presents the processing of from form to sound,and correct judging presents the processing of from sound to meaning.Each correct respond get 1 score,otherwise get 0.Each part had a total score of 20.Results The pseudo-words reading test was performed to 41 mild AD participants with Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) average scores of (21.06 ±2.86),and 135 normal controls with MMSE average scores of (28.08± 1.52).The two groups were matched in age,gender and education.For all of the mild AD group and normal control group,there was no significant difference between reading score and judging score in either pseudo-true words or pseudo-pseudo words (P＞0.05).Comparing with mild AD group and normal control group,there was no significant difference in reading score in either pseudo-true words or pseudo-pseudo words (P＞0.05).For judging score,there was significant difference in pseudotrue words (P＜0.01) but not in pseudo-pseudo words (P＞0.05).Conclusion Understanding real syllable is impaired in patients with mild AD.
