Title | The Modified Frontal Behavioral Inventory (FBI-mod) for Patients with Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Alzheimer's Disease, and Mild Cognitive Impairment. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Suhonen, N-M, Hallikainen, I, Hänninen, T, Jokelainen, J, Krüger, J, Hall, A, Pikkarainen, M, Soininen, H, Remes, AM |
Journal | J Alzheimers Dis |
Volume | 56 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | 1241-1251 |
Date Published | 2017 |
ISSN | 1875-8908 |
Abstract | While behavioral symptoms are both early and prevalent features of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), they can be present in other types of dementia as well, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and even mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The Frontal Behavioral Inventory (FBI) was specifically developed to capture the behavioral and personality changes in bvFTD; it has also been modified into a self-administered caregiver questionnaire (FBI-mod). We examined the utility of the FBI-mod in differentiating bvFTD (n = 26), primary progressive aphasia (PPA) (n = 7), AD (n = 53), and MCI (n = 50) patients, and investigated how the FBI-mod may be associated with neuropsychological measures. The bvFTD patients scored significantly higher as compared to all other patient groups on the FBI-mod Total (p |
DOI | 10.3233/JAD-160983 |
Alternate Journal | J. Alzheimers Dis. |
PubMed ID | 28106561 |