On 18 July, scientists from the University of Exeter presented findings on the high presence of apathy in people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. Bringing data from 20 cohort studies together, the team was able to report on findings from 4.320 people with AD. Strikingly, 45% of the participants showed apathy and 20% had persistent apathy over time. In addition, they found that a proportion had apathy without depression, which suggests that apathy might have its own unique clinical and biological profile when compared to apathy with depression and depression only.
Researchers report on high prevalence of apathy in AD
18/07/2019
