BACKGROUND: Changes in dietary or eating behavior are common in dementia and may help distinguish between different dementing illnesses. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and characterize differences in dietary and eating behavior among patients with early frontotemporal dementia (FTD) versus Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS: This study administered the Food-Related Problems Questionnaire (FRPQ) to caregivers of 16 patients with FTD and 16 comparable patients with AD. The FRPQ was evaluated at initial presentation when patients presented for a diagnostic evaluation. RESULTS: Compared with the AD patients, the FTD patients had significantly more changes on the FRPQ. Subscale analysis indicated that the FTD patients showed impairment of observed satiety, improper taking of food, and inappropriate responses when food was not available. CONCLUSIONS: The use of food-related questionnaires, such as the FRPQ, can help distinguish FTD patients, early in their course, from those with AD and can further characterize the altered dietary and eating behavior.
BACKGROUND: Changes in dietary or eating behavior are common in dementia and may help distinguish between different dementing illnesses. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and characterize differences in dietary and eating behavior among patients with early frontotemporal dementia (FTD) versus Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS: This study administered the Food-Related Problems Questionnaire (FRPQ) to caregivers of 16 patients with FTD and 16 comparable patients with AD. The FRPQ was evaluated at initial presentation when patients presented for a diagnostic evaluation. RESULTS: Compared with the ADpatients, the FTDpatients had significantly more changes on the FRPQ. Subscale analysis indicated that the FTDpatients showed impairment of observed satiety, improper taking of food, and inappropriate responses when food was not available. CONCLUSIONS: The use of food-related questionnaires, such as the FRPQ, can help distinguish FTDpatients, early in their course, from those with AD and can further characterize the altered dietary and eating behavior.
Authors: Katya Rascovsky; John R Hodges; David Knopman; Mario F Mendez; Joel H Kramer; John Neuhaus; John C van Swieten; Harro Seelaar; Elise G P Dopper; Chiadi U Onyike; Argye E Hillis; Keith A Josephs; Bradley F Boeve; Andrew Kertesz; William W Seeley; Katherine P Rankin; Julene K Johnson; Maria-Luisa Gorno-Tempini; Howard Rosen; Caroline E Prioleau-Latham; Albert Lee; Christopher M Kipps; Patricia Lillo; Olivier Piguet; Jonathan D Rohrer; Martin N Rossor; Jason D Warren; Nick C Fox; Douglas Galasko; David P Salmon; Sandra E Black; Marsel Mesulam; Sandra Weintraub; Brad C Dickerson; Janine Diehl-Schmid; Florence Pasquier; Vincent Deramecourt; Florence Lebert; Yolande Pijnenburg; Tiffany W Chow; Facundo Manes; Jordan Grafman; Stefano F Cappa; Morris Freedman; Murray Grossman; Bruce L Miller Journal: Brain Date: 2011-08-02 Impact factor: 13.501
Authors: S J Brooks; C Benedict; J Burgos; M J Kempton; J Kullberg; R Nordenskjöld; L Kilander; R Nylander; E-M Larsson; L Johansson; H Ahlström; L Lind; H B Schiöth Journal: Int J Obes (Lond) Date: 2012-01-31 Impact factor: 5.095
Authors: Alexandra E Thompson; Camilla N Clark; Christopher J Hardy; Phillip D Fletcher; John Greene; Jonathan D Rohrer; Jason D Warren Journal: Neurocase Date: 2016-03-10 Impact factor: 0.881