Apathy in patients with mild cognitive impairment and the risk of developing dementia of Alzheimer's disease: a one-year follow-up study.

Objective: To evaluate the relation between apathy and development of dementia in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Methods: Two hundred and fifty-one French-speaking outpatients fulfilling the criteria of amnestic MCI were enrolled. Apathy was assessed with the Apathy Inventory (IA).

Neuropsychological performance in mild cognitive impairment with and without apathy.

Objective: To investigate the neuropsychological characteristics of patients diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) with and without apathy.

Methods: A cohort of 245 MCI patients (mean age = 72 +/- 5.5 years; mean MMSE = 27.