PMID- 24289460
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140826
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1479-8301 (Electronic)
IS  - 1346-3500 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013 Dec
TI  - Clinical utility of the functional independence measure for assessment of 
      patients with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.
PG  - 199-205
LID - 10.1111/psyg.12012 [doi]
AB  - AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical utility of the 
      Functional Independence Measure (FIM), and especially FIM-Cognition (FIM-C) 
      scores, in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), 
      and to determine the influence of behavioural and psychological symptoms of 
      dementia (BPSD) on FIM-C scores. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey of 37 
      AD and 40 VaD patients. Cognitive function was assessed with the Cognitive 
      Abilities Screening Instrument. Activities of daily living were evaluated with 
      the FIM and the Barthel Index. BPSD were assessed with the Behavioural Pathology 
      in Alzheimer's Disease Frequency Weighted Severity Scale. RESULTS: For both 
      groups, Spearman's correlations were found between FIM-Motor and Barthel Index 
      scores and between FIM-C and Mini Mental State Examination scores. Each FIM-C 
      subscore was correlated with Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument scores in 
      both groups, except for the FIM-C Social interaction subscore in VaD. VaD 
      patients showing Activity Disturbance and Aggressiveness on the Behavioural 
      Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Frequency Weighted Severity Scale had 
      significantly lower FIM-C Memory and Social interaction subscores than those 
      without BPSD. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the FIM-Motor and FIM-C scales 
      are useful measures of physical and cognitive disabilities in patients with AD 
      and VaD. The FIM-C profile of AD may reflect global cognitive function, while 
      that of VaD may be more influenced by BPSD.
CI  - (c) 2013 The Authors. Psychogeriatrics (c) 2013 Japanese Psychogeriatric Society.
FAU - Tanaka, Naofumi
AU  - Tanaka N
AD  - Department of Geriatric Behavioral Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School 
      of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology, 
      Kawasaki Kokoro Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
FAU - Nakatsuka, Masahiro
AU  - Nakatsuka M
FAU - Ishii, Hiroshi
AU  - Ishii H
FAU - Nakayama, Rie
AU  - Nakayama R
FAU - Hosaka, Ryoko
AU  - Hosaka R
FAU - Meguro, Kenichi
AU  - Meguro K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20131028
PL  - England
TA  - Psychogeriatrics
JT  - Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
JID - 101230058
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living/*psychology
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Alzheimer Disease/complications/*diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Behavioral Symptoms/complications/diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Cognition Disorders/complications/diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Dementia, Vascular/complications/*diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Geriatric Assessment/*methods/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
MH  - Male
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests/standards/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Alzheimer's disease
OT  - activities of daily living
OT  - behavioural symptoms
OT  - dementia
OT  - vascular dementia
EDAT- 2013/12/03 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/27 06:00
CRDT- 2013/12/03 06:00
PHST- 2012/05/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/07/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/03/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/12/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/12/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/psyg.12012 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychogeriatrics. 2013 Dec;13(4):199-205. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12012. Epub 2013 Oct 
      28.