2015
DOI: 10.1177/1533317515577185
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The Italian Validation of the Anosognosia Questionnaire for Dementia in Alzheimer’s Disease

Abstract: Although the Anosognosia Questionnaire-Dementia (AQ-D) is one of the main instruments for assessing awareness in Alzheimer's disease (AD), the normative data were until now limited to people from Argentina and Japan. This study aims to validate this instrument in an European context, in particular in an Italian sample. In a multicenter project (Verona, Padova, and Trapani), 130 patients with AD and their caregivers participated in the study. Psychometric characteristics of AQ-D are confirmed indicating that th… Show more

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“…So far, success has been limited in this respect. Whereas some tests, such as the Anosognosia Questionnaire for Dementia (Gambina et al, 2015), have yielded similar results in different cultures, others, like the Boston Naming test (Ardila, 2007) and the Mini Mental State Examination (Dodge et al, 2009), seem to possess low transcultural generalizability. Moreover, despite few exceptions, such as the Bilingual Aphasia Test (Paradis, 1987), virtually to instrument has been massively adapted to multiple languages and language pairs.…”
Section: Avenues For Transdisciplinary Cross-linguistic Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…So far, success has been limited in this respect. Whereas some tests, such as the Anosognosia Questionnaire for Dementia (Gambina et al, 2015), have yielded similar results in different cultures, others, like the Boston Naming test (Ardila, 2007) and the Mini Mental State Examination (Dodge et al, 2009), seem to possess low transcultural generalizability. Moreover, despite few exceptions, such as the Bilingual Aphasia Test (Paradis, 1987), virtually to instrument has been massively adapted to multiple languages and language pairs.…”
Section: Avenues For Transdisciplinary Cross-linguistic Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is in line with previous studies which showed that aphasic patients with anosognosia showed lower performance scores in language tests (Cocchini et al, 2010b ) and less self-correction behavior (Dean et al, 2016 ) than patients without anosognosia. Similarly, patients with anosognosia of dementia showed worse performance in autobiographic memory tasks (Berlingeri et al, 2015 ) and daily life activities (Gambina et al, 2015 ). The association of anosognosia with severe functional deficits is in line with the idea that a clear disturbance of intellect, memory and/or attention might be crucial for developing anosognosia (Karnath, 2012 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To circumvent the problem of subjectivity by relatives, the clinical evaluation of the VATA-NAT was carried out by experimenters. It has been shown before, that especially in the acute phase relatives may have little information about the actual state of the patient (Starkstein et al, 2006 ; Cocchini et al, 2010b ) and that stress and anxiety can influence their evaluation of the patients’ abilities (Prigatano et al, 2005 ; Orfei et al, 2010a ; Gambina et al, 2015 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cognitive performances and neuropsychiatric disturbances were assessed respectively through MMSE (Measso et al, 1993) (cutoff > 23/30) and Neuropsychiatric Inventory test (NPI) (Cummings, 1997). Self-consciousness was assessed through the Anosognosia Questionnaire for Dementia (AQ-D) (Gambina et al, 2015).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The * symbol indicates that the score is compromised. Anosognosia was assessed through the Anosognosia Questionnaire for Dementia (AQ-D) (Gambina et al, 2015). In accordance with literature, the diagnosis of anosognosia was based upon a caregiver-patient discrepancy of at least 2 points in 4 or more items (P: patient; Cg: caregiver).…”
Section: Casementioning
confidence: 99%