临床表现 临床表现
Brant Mittler1, Ying Wang2, Joel Reisman3
1Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center, VA South Texas Healthcare System, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
|December 25, 2025
概括
与蒙特利尔认知评估 (MoCA) 相比,功能评估查工具 (FAST) 可能低估了阿尔茨海默病的严重程度. 然而,FAST为在临床环境中跟踪疾病进展提供了切实可行的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 老年病的医生 老年病的医生
- 临床评估 临床评估
背景情况:
- 阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 的诊断和分期依赖于认知和功能评估.
- 功能评估选工具 (FAST) 测量了AD的功能变化.
- 蒙特利尔认知评估 (MoCA) 是一种用于AD的标准认知查工具.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定FAST得分和MoCA定义的认知阶段之间的相关性,在轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 或AD患者中.
- 建立与认知障碍不同阶段一致的FAST分数门.
主要方法:
- 分析了405名退伍军人事务医疗保健系统 (2020-2024) 中的患者的FAST和MoCA得分.
- 统计分析包括计算 MoCA 定义的不同阶段的 FAST 评分的平均值,标准偏差,中位数和范围.
- 使用线性和重复测量混合效应模型,根据患者人口统计学进行调整.
主要成果:
- 已识别的MoCA切线阶段:正常 (≥29),MCI (26),轻度 (18),中度 (11),严重 (≤10).
- 相应的平均FAST分数表示阶段:MCI (3.3),轻 (3.8),中等 (4.8) 和严重 (5.8).
- 与MoCA相比,FAST得分显示出低估疾病严重性的倾向,超过一半的患者得分在正常/临床前FAST范围内 (1或2),而只有一个患者在MoCA得分正常.
结论:
- 这项研究建立了FAST得分值,这与从正常到严重的AD的认知阶段相对应,基于与MoCA得分的十字路口.
- 虽然FAST是一个有价值的全球功能评估工具,但它可能无法捕捉到MoCA指出的认知衰退的全部程度.
- FAST仍然是监测AD进展的有用和广泛使用的临床工具.
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