What would help me stop abusing? The family carer's perspective.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is proposed to describe the transitional stage between normal cognitive aging and dementia. It has had significant impact in the field of dementia research, but it remains controversial whether or not it should be used as a diagnostic category in clinical practice. METHODS:Se...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Moreira T,Hughes JC,Kirkwood T,May C,McKeith I,Bond J

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A past history of self-harm is a significant risk factor for suicide in older people. The aims of this study are to (i) characterize older people who present with self-harm to emergency departments (EDs); and (ii) determine the predictors for repeat self-harm and suicide. METHODS:Demographic and clinical da...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Cheung G,Foster G,de Beer W,Gee S,Hawkes T,Rimkeit S,Tan YM,Merry S,Sundram F

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differentiating Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), two of the commonest forms of dementia in older age, remains a diagnostic challenge. To assist with better understanding of the differences between the conditions during life, we assessed limbic and subcortical brain volumes in AD,...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Watson R,Colloby SJ,Blamire AM,O'Brien JT

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concerns about suicide risk in people with dementia have been increasing in recent years along with a discourse about rational suicide and assisted suicide. METHODS:A systematic narrative literature review of suicidal behavior and assisted suicide in persons with dementia. RESULTS:Most studies that have ex...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Draper BM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACTBackground:US suicide rates among older women have substantially increased over the past decade. We examined potential differences in sociodemographic and risk/precipitating factors among older female suicide decedents who died by drug overdose versus firearms, hanging/suffocation, and other means, and postmor...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Choi NG,DiNitto DM,Sagna AO,Marti CN

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate survival time and life-expectancy in people with young-onset dementia (YOD) and to examine the relationship with age, sex, dementia subtype and comorbidity. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:Survival was examined in 198 participants in the Needs in Young-onset Dementi...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Gerritsen AAJ,Bakker C,Verhey FRJ,Pijnenburg YAL,Millenaar JK,de Vugt ME,Koopmans RTCM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are prevalent in nursing-home (NH) patients with dementia, but little is known about the long-term course of these symptoms. METHODS:In this study, 931 NH patients with dementia took part in a prospective cohort study with four assessments over a 53-month follow-up period. NP...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Selbaek G,Engedal K,Benth JŠ,Bergh S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are difficulties in accurately defining patients with vascular dementia (VaD) and, therefore, little is known about the characteristics of this population. OBJECTIVE:To examine the population characteristics in patients with VaD enrolled in two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 24-week cli...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Pratt RD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article analyzes the natural history of wandering behavior throughout the course of dementia. DESIGN:Prospective, 10-year, longitudinal study of wandering behavior in dementia, with autopsy follow-up. SETTING:Participants with dementia, living at home with a carer. All lived in Oxfordshire, UK. PARTIC...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Hope T,Keene J,McShane RH,Fairburn CG,Gedling K,Jacoby R

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-pharmacological interventions for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) have been developed; however, a systematic review on the effectiveness of this type of intervention from a perspective of ergonomics is lacking. According to ergonomics, the capabilities of Persons with Dementia (P...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Wang G,Albayrak A,van der Cammen TJM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no doubt that family carers who look after a family member with dementia or with a functional mental illness fulfill an important role, not only for their loved one, but also for the health and aged care systems of the countries they live in. Due to increasing life expectancy, but also improved healthcare the...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Lautenschlager NT,Diehl-Schmid J,Loi SM,Mayer J,Tensil M,Kurz AF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clinician Interview-Based Impression of Change, plus carer interview (CIBIC-Plus), is widely used in antidementia drug trials. It comprises Likert scales for disease severity and changes, and written accounts summarizing semistructured interviews evaluating behavior, cognition, and function. Studies using the CIBI...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Joffres C,Graham J,Rockwood K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuropsychiatric disorders are common in cognitively impaired older persons, and associated with institutionalization and caregiver stress in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Few studies have compared the occurrence of both psychiatric disorders and neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with AD and mild cognitive i...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Di Iulio F,Palmer K,Blundo C,Casini AR,Gianni W,Caltagirone C,Spalletta G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors would like to apologise for a typographical error in the discussion of the above mentioned article. In the discussion on page 830 of the article, paragraph 'In the present sample, when we tested the accuracy of the MoCA to discriminate between MCI and healthy participants using ROC curves, the best cut-off...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Cecato JF,Martinelli JE,Izbicki R,Yassuda MS,Aprahamian I

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nimodipine is a calcium antagonist which improves learning and memory in brain-lesioned or aged animals (LeVere & Sandin, 1989; Schuurman & Traber, 1989). It also accelerates the recovery of experimentally damaged sciatic nerves (van der Zee et al., 1987) and reduces age-associated gait abnormalities in aging rats (Sc...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Schmage N,Bergener M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute exposure to sedative drugs may induce memory impairment, but there is mixed evidence that long-term sedative use may result in incident cognitive decline. The objective of this study was to investigate the use of sedative drugs and incident cognitive decline in a population-based sample of persons aged...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Desplenter F,Lavikainen P,Hartikainen S,Sulkava R,Bell JS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACTBackground and Purpose:The impact of dementia-related stressors and strains have been examined for their potential to threaten the well-being of either the person with dementia or the family care partner, but rarely have studies considered the dyadic nature of well-being in dementia. The purpose of this study ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Miller LM,Kaye JA,Lyons KS,Lee CS,Whitlatch CJ,Caserta MS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental capacity has been little studied among older general hospital inpatients. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was undertaken of routinely collected data (age, gender, ethnicity, admission diagnosis, psychiatric diagnosis, Mini-mental State Examination score, whether capacity was assessed, the outcome of...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Mujic F,Von Heising M,Stewart RJ,Prince MJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia can interfere with the maintenance of social interactions. The ability to participate in social interactions is one of the elements that enables good social health (Hubert et al., 2011), and having dementia does not automatically eliminates the person's opportunity to have good social health (Vernooij-Dassen ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Mabire JB,Gay MC,Vrignaud P,Garitte C,Jeon YH,Vernooij-Dassen M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the results of studies conducted to determine the usefulness of reflex changes as markers of disease severity in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Standardized and quantified muscle stretch reflexes, cutaneous reflexes, and developmental (primitive) reflexes were studied in normal older adults, in indiv...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Franssen EH,Reisberg B

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to general anesthesia has been suggested as a possible cause of long-term cognitive impairment in elderly subjects. The present study reviews the literature in this field in order to describe postoperative cognitive impairment in elderly populations, to determine to what extent this may be attributed to anest...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ritchie K,Polge C,de Roquefeuil G,Djakovic M,Ledesert B

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Qualitative research has suggested that spousal carers of someone with dementia differ in terms of whether they perceive their relationship with that person as continuous with the premorbid relationship or as radically different, and that a perception of continuity may be associated with more person-centered...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Riley GA,Fisher G,Hagger BF,Elliott A,Le Serve H,Oyebode JR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive symptoms are common in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and increase the caregiver burden, although the etiology and pathologic mechanism of depressive symptoms in AD patients remain unclear. In this study, we tried to clarify the cerebral blood flow (CBF) correlates of subjective depressive...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Honda H,Terada S,Sato S,Oshima E,Ikeda C,Nagao S,Yokota O,Uchitomi Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most older adults have multiple chronic diseases. Consideration of these conditions can improve the performance of statistical models in epidemiological analyses. The Chronic Disease Score (CDS) is a measure of comorbidity derived from medication usage, which may have some advantages over measures derived from other s...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： MacKnight C,Rockwood K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research on the behavioral correlates of anxiety in older adults is sparse. The aim of this study was to explore the association of anxiety with behavioral patterns defined by health, activity, emotional and social variables. METHODS:A convenience sample of 395 older adults completed measures of health, act...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Losada A,Márquez-González M,Pachana NA,Wetherell JL,Fernández-Fernández V,Nogales-González C,Ruiz-Díaz M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study determined the reliability, validity, and factor structure of self-report emotions in persons with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) relative to controls. METHODS:Participants (mild AD, n = 73; MCI, n = 159; controls, n = 96) rated current emotions with the Visual ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ready RE,Carvalho JO,Green RC,Gavett BE,Stern RA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family caregivers of people with dementia have significant unmet needs in regard to their caregiving role. Despite this, they are reluctant to utilize services to reduce their burden. The aim of this study was to examine the barriers and facilitators of service use among family caregivers of people with deme...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Macleod A,Tatangelo G,McCabe M,You E

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suicide is a major public health concern. The elderly have the highest rate of suicide and they make more lethal suicide attempts and have fewer psychiatric interventions than young people. Furthermore, they have old-age specific psychosocial difficulties. The present study investigated psychosocial risk fac...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Kim YR,Choi KH,Oh Y,Lee HK,Kweon YS,Lee CT,Lee KU

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether perceived changes in memory parallel changes in brain pathology is uncertain. Positron emission tomography (PET) scans using 2-(1-{6-[(2-[F-18]fluoroethyl)(methyl)amino]-2-naphthyl}ethylidene)malononitrile (FDDNP) can measure levels of amyloid plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles in vivo. Here we ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Merrill DA,Siddarth P,Saito NY,Ercoli LM,Burggren AC,Kepe V,Lavretsky H,Miller KJ,Kim J,Huang SC,Bookheimer SY,Barrio JR,Small GW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both anxiety disorders and subclinical anxiety symptoms are related to poorer health and functioning in later life. Because worry is an important component of anxiety, the accurate measurement of worry is crucial to studying the etiology, prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders. Assessment of the trait...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Nuevo R,Mackintosh MA,Gatz M,Montorio I,Wetherell JL

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00