A Specific Phenomenon of Animal Fluency Test in Chinese Elderly
- VernacularTitle:动物流畅性测验在中国老人中的应用
- Author:
Qihao GUO
;
Lilin JIN
;
Zhen HONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
animal fluency test;
mild cognitive impairment;
Alzheimer disease
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To analyze the manifestation and essence of the knowledge of Chinese animal zodiacs in normal and cognitive impaired Chinese elders by Animal Fluency Test (AFT).Methods:512 normal elders, 153 patients with amnesic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and 124 patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) were evaluated with AFT and other tests (the mini-mental state examination, auditory verbal memory test, etc).Results:AFT total correct numbers and non-zodiac-animal numbers rather than zodiac-animal numbers showed significant relationships with gender, education level, premorbid ability, general cognitive and memory functions (r=-0.107~0.311,P
