Ryan J P, McGowan J, McCaffrey N, Ryan G T, Zandi T, Brannigan G G
Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Plattsburgh 12901, USA.
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1995 Oct;8(4):209-12. doi: 10.1177/089198879500800402.
Perseveration, spatial orientation, and attention/concentration were assessed in 15 patients with a probable diagnosis of senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Subjects were divided into two groups, wanderers and nonwanderers, based on caregiver ratings using a modified version of the Caregiver Checklist. Graphic productions of wanderers on the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test and Clock Drawing Test displayed greater total perseveration and more recurrent and continuous perseverations than those of nonwanderers. Spatial orientation and attention/concentration were similar between groups. These preliminary results suggest that graphomotor perseverations exhibited during the mild to moderate stages may serve as a marker for wandering in Alzheimer's disease.
对15名可能诊断为阿尔茨海默病型老年痴呆症的患者进行了持续性、空间定向以及注意力/专注力评估。根据使用改良版《照顾者清单》的照顾者评分，将研究对象分为两组，即游走组和非游走组。在本德尔视觉运动格式塔测验和画钟测验中，游走组的图形作品显示出比非游走组更大的总体持续性，以及更多反复和持续的持续性。两组之间的空间定向和注意力/专注力相似。这些初步结果表明，在轻度至中度阶段表现出的书写运动持续性可能是阿尔茨海默病中游走行为的一个标志物。
