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Are saving appearance responses typical communication patterns in Alzheimer's disease?

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  • Masateru Matsushita
  • Yusuke Yatabe
  • Asuka Koyama
  • Akiko Katsuya
  • Daisuke Ijichi
  • Yusuke Miyagawa
  • Hiroto Ikezaki
  • Noboru Furukawa
  • Manabu Ikeda
  • Mamoru Hashimoto

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Introduction: To keep up appearances, people with dementia sometimes pretend to know the correct answer, as seen during administration of neuropsychological tests such as the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). These saving appearance responses (SARs) of people with dementia often lead to caregivers and/or medical staff underestimating the severity of dementia and impede proper early initiation of treatment. However, most descriptions of SARs are based on empirical knowledge of clinicians. In this study, we investigated whether SARs are typical communication patterns in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), compared with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Methods: The participants were 107 outpatients with AD, 16 with mixed AD with cerebrovascular dementia, 55 with MCI, and 30 with DLB. We assessed the occurrence of SARs during the MMSE. The relationships between the SARs and AD were examined by the χ2 test and logistic regression analysis. Results: People with AD who showed SARs were 57.9%, whereas those with MCI were 18.2% and DLB were 20.0% (P with Bonferroni correction

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  • Masateru Matsushita & Yusuke Yatabe & Asuka Koyama & Akiko Katsuya & Daisuke Ijichi & Yusuke Miyagawa & Hiroto Ikezaki & Noboru Furukawa & Manabu Ikeda & Mamoru Hashimoto, 2018. "Are saving appearance responses typical communication patterns in Alzheimer's disease?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(5), pages 1-9, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0197468
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197468
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