title: Cognitive insight in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We investigated the cognitive insight profile of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) using the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS).
  
  
  METHODS
  This study involved 30 patients with probable AD and 15 healthy participants (ie, the controls). All individuals completed the BCIS, the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean scores of the HADS-depression subscale, HAMD, BCIS-self-reflectiveness (BCIS-R), and BCIS-self-certainty (BCIS-C) subscales were significantly different between the patients and the controls. However, there was no significant difference in BCIS reflectiveness-certainty index scores between the patients and the control groups. Regression analyses showed a moderately positive correlation between hallucinations and BCIS-C scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study is the first to investigate cognitive insight in patients with probable AD. The BCIS-R and BCIS-C scores were significantly lower in patients than in control group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey. eylemteke@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Eylem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Degirmenci
authors.forename: Taner
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Degirmenci
authors.forename: Yadigar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dügüncü
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires