Research Article
Different Apathy Profile in Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: A Preliminary Investigation
Table 3
Phenomenological features of apathy among FTD and AD subjects. Statistically significant differences are indicated in bold.
| | bvFTD () | AD () | | | | | | | | | |
| (1) Does the patient seem less spontaneous and less active than usual? | 4 | 14.3 | 4 | 20.0 | 0.017 | 0.896 | (2) Is the patient less likely to initiate a conversation? | 21 | 75.0 | 8 | 40.0 | 4.602 | 0.032 | (3) Is the patient less affectionate or lacking in emotions when compared to his/her usual self? | 19 | 67.9 | 5 | 25.0 | 6.943 | 0.008 | (4) Does the patient contribute less to household chores? | 17 | 60.7 | 11 | 55.0 | 0.010 | 0.921 | (5) Does the patient seem less interested in the activities and plans of others? | 19 | 67.9 | 12 | 60.0 | 0.065 | 0.799 | (6) Has the patient lost interest in friends and family members? | 20 | 71.4 | 7 | 35.0 | 4.898 | 0.027 | (7) Is the patient less enthusiastic about his/her usual interests? | 20 | 71.4 | 11 | 55.0 | 0.752 | 0.241 | (8) Does the patient show any other signs that he/she does not care about doing new things? | 15 | 53.6 | 6 | 30.0 | 1.763 | 0.184 |
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