Changes in eating behaviors and food preference are very frequent in patients with frontotemporal dementia. Despite a specific pattern, this behavioral change is not used as a diagnosis tool. In this study we proposed a new caregiver questionnaire named Eating Behavior Inventory (EBI). This questionnaire consisted in 30 questions investigating four domains of eating behavior (eating habits, food preference, table manners, and swallowing problems). The aim of this study was to show how this questionnaire could be used as a clinical tool allowing to distinguish frontotemporal dementia from Alzheimer’s disease. Concludes that the EBI, shown as a rapid and simple caregiver questionnaire, could be proposed as a new diagnosis tool distinguishing fv-FTD patients from AD patients.
Click here to access the article. An OpenAthens login is required. Alternatively call 0161 291 5778 or email Academy Library for a copy of the article.