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P-1027 - Graphomotor Efficiency in Individuals With Mild and Intermediate Alzheimer's Disease Compared to Healthy Subjects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

K. Pasgreta ,
E. Nowińska ,
J. Feit ,
N. Płaszczyca ,
W. Lasoń  and
E. Gorzelańczyk
K. Pasgreta
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Basis of Bio-Medical Sciences and Medical Informatics, Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Warszawa, Poland
E. Nowińska
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Basis of Bio-Medical Sciences and Medical Informatics, Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Warszawa, Poland
J. Feit
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Basis of Bio-Medical Sciences and Medical Informatics, Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Warszawa, Poland
N. Płaszczyca
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Basis of Bio-Medical Sciences and Medical Informatics, Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Warszawa, Poland
W. Lasoń
Affiliation:
Non-Public Health Care Center Sue Ryder Home, Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Bydgoszcz, Warszawa, Poland
E. Gorzelańczyk
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Warszawa, Poland Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

Abstract

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Introduction

There are many types of psychomotor disturbances in individuals with Alzheimer's disease. The kind and depth of these dysfunctions relate to the stage of AD.

Objectives and aims

The aim of the study is to compare graphomotor efficiency in individuals with mild and intermediate Alzheimer's disease with those parameters in older subjects without dementia.

Methods

31 individuals with mild and intermediate Alzheimer's dementia (F.00.0, F.00.1, F.00.2) (MMSE > 13) (26 women, mean age 76.8 ± 6.41 and 5 men, mean age 79.1 ± 5.21), treated with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, and 30 individuals without symptoms of dementia (matched for age) were examined.

Graphomotor efficiency was assessed by the original drawing test performed in a magnetic field with the use of MedTablet software. The average length of drawing [cm], the average time of drawing [s] and the average speed of drawing [cm / s] were measured.

Results

Statistically significant differences were found in all tested variables: the average length of drawing [cm] (α = 0.05, p = 0.000009), average time of drawing [s] (p = 0, 000205) and the average speed of drawing [cm / s] (p = 0.000015) between the compared groups.

Conclusion

It was found that the level of graphomotor efficiency in individuals with mild and intermediate Alzheimer's disease is statistically significantly lower in comparison to older people without dementia.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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