Abstract: Dementia of Alzheimer’s type is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by problems in performing daily living activities (ADL). Researchers further suggested that Basic ADL got impaired in severe stage of DAT and IADL found impaired in mild stage of DAT patient. Moreover, mild DAT patients have problem in dealing with that require focusing and maintaining attention (vigilance). The present study purports to correlate the scores obtained on different cognitive domains with activities of daily living. Hindi version of Mini-Mental State Examination (HMSE) and Everyday Abilities Scale for India (EASI) were administered on patient diagnosed with DAT. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was calculated between EASI and HMSE scores. The result showed that attentional domain of HMSE was found most predictive of EASI followed by visuospatial, language and delayed recall among all cognitive domains. In sum, the present study suggests that if the MCI and mild DAT patients get training on attentional task such as attentional network task (ANT) that would improve their activities of daily living performance.
Keywords: attention, activities of daily living, Alzheimer, EASI, HMSE.
Title: Cognitive impairment and its consequences in activities of daily living (ADL) in people with Dementia of Alzheimer’s type (DAT)
Author: Pooja Rai, Tara Singh, Indramani L. Singh, Trayambak Tiwari, Deepika Joshi
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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