Verbal Reasoning Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease

Background. The aim of this study was to assess verbal reasoning (VR) functioning in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and healthy controls (HCs). Methods. The non-demented PD patients and HCs matched by age and global cognition were enrolled in this study. VR was assessed with the verbal reaso...

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Main Authors: Antonina Luca, Giulia Donzuso, Concetta D’Agate, Claudio Terravecchia, Calogero Cicero Edoardo, Giovanni Mostile, Giorgia Sciacca, Alessandra Nicoletti, Mario Zappia
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Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3422578
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author Antonina Luca
Giulia Donzuso
Concetta D’Agate
Claudio Terravecchia
Calogero Cicero Edoardo
Giovanni Mostile
Giorgia Sciacca
Alessandra Nicoletti
Mario Zappia
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Giulia Donzuso
Concetta D’Agate
Claudio Terravecchia
Calogero Cicero Edoardo
Giovanni Mostile
Giorgia Sciacca
Alessandra Nicoletti
Mario Zappia
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description Background. The aim of this study was to assess verbal reasoning (VR) functioning in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and healthy controls (HCs). Methods. The non-demented PD patients and HCs matched by age and global cognition were enrolled in this study. VR was assessed with the verbal reasoning test (VRT), total score, and subsets. Results. Eighty-seven PD patients (51 men; mean age 63.8±7.9 years) and 87 HCs (46 men; mean age 63.7±8.0 years) were enrolled. At univariate analysis, PD patients presented a significantly lower score in the VRT subset classification (12.3±2.1) than HCs (12.9±1.7) with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.8 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.70–0.98; p=0.003). The strength of association was also confirmed at multivariate analysis (OR = 0.8, 95% CI 0.70–0.98; p=0.003). Moreover, in PD patients, a statistically significant positive correlation was found between VRT-classification and MoCA scores (r=0.330; p=0.002). Conclusions. PD patients presented lower VR performance than HCs.
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spelling doaj-art-b813245bedaf47e5abcb501c4b369bb82025-08-20T02:19:11ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology1875-85842022-01-01202210.1155/2022/3422578Verbal Reasoning Impairment in Parkinson’s DiseaseAntonina Luca0Giulia Donzuso1Concetta D’Agate2Claudio Terravecchia3Calogero Cicero Edoardo4Giovanni Mostile5Giorgia Sciacca6Alessandra Nicoletti7Mario Zappia8Department of MedicalDepartment of MedicalDepartment of MedicalDepartment of MedicalDepartment of MedicalDepartment of MedicalDepartment of MedicalDepartment of MedicalDepartment of MedicalBackground. The aim of this study was to assess verbal reasoning (VR) functioning in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and healthy controls (HCs). Methods. The non-demented PD patients and HCs matched by age and global cognition were enrolled in this study. VR was assessed with the verbal reasoning test (VRT), total score, and subsets. Results. Eighty-seven PD patients (51 men; mean age 63.8±7.9 years) and 87 HCs (46 men; mean age 63.7±8.0 years) were enrolled. At univariate analysis, PD patients presented a significantly lower score in the VRT subset classification (12.3±2.1) than HCs (12.9±1.7) with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.8 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.70–0.98; p=0.003). The strength of association was also confirmed at multivariate analysis (OR = 0.8, 95% CI 0.70–0.98; p=0.003). Moreover, in PD patients, a statistically significant positive correlation was found between VRT-classification and MoCA scores (r=0.330; p=0.002). Conclusions. PD patients presented lower VR performance than HCs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3422578
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Mario Zappia
Verbal Reasoning Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease
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