Cognitive functioning in individuals with severe XXXX .

@entity1 @entity308 @entity146 @entity3491 @entity409 @entity148 @entity751 @entity2414
OBJECTIVES: The cognitive characteristics of individuals with severe @entity146 (SCH) are not well understood and existing studies have largely focused on individuals with SCH and concurrent @entity148 . The present study was conducted to evaluate the frequency with which SCH co-occurs with LLD and to compare the cognitive characteristics of individuals with late life @entity308 and concurrent SCH (LLD+SCH) to that of LLD individuals without SCH (LLD). METHODS: @entity1 included 52 LLD individuals who received psychiatric and neuropsychological evaluations as part of a larger study. Cognitive performance on measures of memory, attention, language, information processing speed, and categorization/problem solving ability was evaluated for each @entity1 using standard neuropsychological measures. Measures of @entity308 and @entity148 symptom severity were also obtained. RESULTS: Seven (13%) of the 52 LLD @entity1 reported significant @entity146 . The two groups (LLD+SCH; LLD) did not differ with respect to demographic characteristics or severity of @entity308 or @entity148 . Individuals with LLD+SCH demonstrated significantly poorer performance on two measures of categorization/problem solving ability relative to individuals with @entity3491 . Clinically significant impairments on measures of categorization ability, information processing speed, and verbal memory were more common for SCH+LLD than LLD @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: Our preliminary results suggest that @entity146 in LLD are associated with specific aspects of @entity409 characterized by categorization deficits and to a lesser extent information processing speed and verbal @entity2414 . Further study of cognitive functioning in older adults with LLD and SCH may clarify the underlying cognitive characteristics of the @entity751 .
