Retrospective study finds Alzheimer's patients show lower semantic fluency and confrontation naming than vascular dementia patients, indicating diagnostic paths.
Key Points
Patients with Alzheimer's Disease exhibited greater impairment in semantic fluency than those with vascular dementia.
Semantic fluency was significantly lower in Alzheimer's patients, with p<0.010, while confrontation naming also showed impairment with p=0.035.
The study analyzed neuropsychological test scores from 180 adults diagnosed with either Alzheimer's or vascular dementia.
Recognition of these differences could aid in improving diagnostic differentiation for early-stage dementia patients.