Sustained attention for the patients with mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease
- VernacularTitle:轻度认知功能障碍和轻度阿尔茨海默病患者的持续注意功能
- Author:
Ai-hong ZHOU
;
Yin-hua WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Alzheimer's disease(AD), mild cognitive impairment(MCI), sustained attention function
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2004;10(3):136-138
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo deter mine the sustained attention function of the patients with mild Alzheimer's disease(AD) and mild cognitive impairment(MCI).Methods10 patients with MCI, 10 with mild AD and other 10 healthy elderly controls were tested with Continuous Performance Task(CPT) aimed to assess sustained attention. ResultsCompared with the normal controls, the mild AD patients reacted very more slowly(P<0.001), missed more targets(P<0.05), while that the MCI patients did was as well as the control group. ConclusionThe mild AD patients shows impairment in sustained attention function, but the MCI patients shows a preserved ability of sustained attention function.
