Frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies in a case-control study of Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：:Neuroimaging has become part of the required investigations when assessing a patient with dementia. In this brief paper, we summarize the role of computed tomography (CT) in the routine work-up in dementia and provide some information about the role of the CT scan in the field of dementia research. Although CT is far ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Pasi M,Poggesi A,Pantoni L

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT Background: The consequences of co-occurring persistent loneliness and late life depression are yet unknown. The aim of this study was to get a deeper insight into the mental health consequences of loneliness in older persons with depressive symptoms and their perspectives of emotional distress by using a mix...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： van Beljouw IM,van Exel E,de Jong Gierveld J,Comijs HC,Heerings M,Stek ML,van Marwijk HW

更新日期：2014-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACTBackground:The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence and risk factors of documented delirium in general practices in Germany. METHODS:The present study includes 2,194 patients over the age of 65 years with delirium and 2,194 controls without delirium from a sample of 6,180,042 patients from 1,262 ge...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Bohlken J,Kostev K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pervasive scarcity of resources relative to the demands upon them makes it necessary for decision makers to think carefully about choices. Evidence from economics can help to inform such choices, particularly as it relates to costs, outcomes, the efficiency with which resources are used, the distribution of benefi...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Knapp M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Social reserve such as having close friends helps promoting activity engagement in old age. Activity engagement in turn contributes to the accumulation of cognitive reserve and is a key predictor for maintaining executive functioning in aging. We investigated the mediating role of leisure activity engagement...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ihle A,Oris M,Baeriswyl M,Zuber S,Cullati S,Maurer J,Kliegel M

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A third of family members caring for people with dementia report acting abusively towards them, but there are currently no evidence-based interventions to reduce or prevent such behavior. Family carers who act abusively have not previously been consulted about what may help to reduce abuse. METHOD:We prospe...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Selwood A,Cooper C,Owens C,Blanchard M,Livingston G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current approaches to the diagnosis of delirium are based upon the recognition of symptoms that emerge in the pathological state. As an alternative, we propose an approach to case identification for research purposes based on the recognition of significant changes in the cognitive or cerebral state of the individual p...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Katz IR,Mossey J,Sussman N,Muenz L,Harner R,Curlik Sm,Sands LP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this randomized clinical trial were to investigate the impact of the discontinuation of long-term antipsychotics in residents with dementia in chronic care institutions and to identify clinical predictors of safe discontinuation. Subjects included 34 residents with dementia who were on antipsychotics...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： van Reekum R,Clarke D,Conn D,Herrmann N,Eryavec G,Cohen T,Ostrander L

更新日期：2002-06-01 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:Young-onset dementia (YOD) is defined as dementia that develops before the age of 65 years. The prevalence and type of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in YOD differ from patients with late onset dementia. NPS in dementia patients are often treated with psychotropic drugs. The aim of this study was to investi...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Koopmans RT,Reinders R,van Vliet D,Verhey FR,de Vugt ME,Bor H,Bakker C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health-related quality of life (HRQL) was investigated in 211 inhabitants of five residential homes in The Netherlands and was assessed again 1 year later. It was examined (a) if HRQL was related to the presence of specific general medical illnesses, (b) if comorbidity resulted in poorer HRQL, independent of the type ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Cuijpers P,van Lammeren P,Duzijn B

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed eight-year mortality rates and predictors in a rural cohort of elderly individuals with cognitive impairment. METHODS:A total of 1,035 individuals, including 155 (15.0%) individuals with cognitive impairment, no dementia (CIND), and 69 (6.7%) individuals with clinically diagnosed dementia were f...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Park JE,Lee JY,Suh GH,Kim BS,Cho MJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the effects of complex cognitive (mahjong) and physical (Tai Chi) activities on dementia severity in nursing home residents with dementia. METHODS:Cluster-randomized open-label controlled design. 110 residents were randomized by nursing home into three conditions: mahjong, Tai Chi, and simple han...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Cheng ST,Chow PK,Song YQ,Yu EC,Lam JH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms of complicated grief are associated with a traumatic death. However, the subjective experience of whether or not the death was considered traumatic has not been substantially explored. This study first examined the difference between objective and subjective traumatic death, and then investigated th...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Tang S,Chow AY

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Official health organizations have established the dose of physical activity needed for preserving both physical and psychological health in old age. The objective of this study was to explore whether adherence to the recommended criterion of physical activity accounted for better psychological functioning i...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Netz Y,Dunsky A,Zach S,Goldsmith R,Shimony T,Goldbourt U,Zeev A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic status (SES) has been identified as a possible risk factor for the development of dementia, with low SES shown to be associated with a higher prevalence of dementia, increased psychiatric comorbidity and worse baseline cognitive functioning. Few studies have actually looked at the impact of SES...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Fischer C,Yeung E,Hansen T,Gibbons S,Fornazzari L,Ringer L,Schweizer TA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noncognitive or behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) are common in vascular dementia. Many occur with the same frequency as in Alzheimer's disease, though depression, emotional lability, and apathy may be more common and psychosis less so. There is a particularly strong relationship between cerebrovascular dis...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： O'Brien J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT Background: The association between disability and depression is complex, with disability well established as a correlate and consequence of late life depression. Studies in community samples report that greater volumes of cerebral white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) seen on brain imaging are linked with fun...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Hybels CF,Pieper CF,Landerman LR,Payne ME,Steffens DC

更新日期：2014-05-09 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：OBJECTIVES:Issues concerning the association among attachment anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation among the elderly have rarely been explored. The present study investigated the relationship among attachment anxiety, depression and perceived support concerning suicidal ideation among older people. DESIGN:Cross-s...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Oonarom A,Wongpakaran T,Kuntawong P,Wongpakaran N

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebrovascular disease may cause "vascular depression" (VaD). Calcium channel-blockers are presumed treatments for cerebrovascular disease and might be expected to improve depression and prevent recurrence. OBJECTIVE:To examine the efficacy and tolerability of the use of nimodipine as an augmentation of fl...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Taragano FE,Bagnatti P,Allegri RF

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to conceptually define quality of life (QOL) in dementia, the literature on QOL in the elderly population, in chronic disease and in dementia was studied. Dementia is a progressive, age-related, chronic condition and to avoid omissions within the dementia-specific concept of QOL, a broad orientation was the p...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ettema TP,Dröes RM,de Lange J,Ooms ME,Mellenbergh GJ,Ribbe MW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nearly half of care home residents with advanced dementia have clinically significant agitation. Little is known about costs associated with these symptoms toward the end of life. We calculated monetary costs associated with agitation from UK National Health Service, personal social services, and societal per...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Buylova Gola A,Morris S,Candy B,Davis S,King M,Kupeli N,Leavey G,Moore K,Nazareth I,Omar R,Vickerstaff V,Jones L,Sampson EL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This issue of International Psychogeriatrics contains three papers from three continents that explore the use of sedatives-hypnotics and opioids in the treatment of older adults (Hamina et al., 2018; Machado-Duque et al., 2018; Tseng et al., 2018), and a fourth paper reporting on a qualitative study that addresses the...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Davies SJC,Mulsant BH

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of spousal bereavement on mental health varies among the widowed. More information is needed on factors influencing bereavement outcome. METHOD:We conducted a cross-sectional study on a sample of 216 widowed individuals. Initial non-response was high, with only 8% of all approached persons partic...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Onrust S,Cuijpers P,Smit F,Bohlmeijer E

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preliminary evidence indicates that the quality of the carer-care recipient relationship predicts those carers most at risk from anxiety. Attachment style is related to higher carer burden, psychological morbidity and increased care recipient institutionalization. We tested, for the first time, the hypothesi...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Cooper C,Owens C,Katona C,Livingston G

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the impact of external memory devices on the efficacy of a package of internal mnemonic techniques. Participants wrote two types of lists during the study phase: (a) a list of study words and/or (b) a loci list. At recall, participants were not allowed to refer to either of the lists they had wri...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Brooks JO 3rd,Friedman L,Yesavage JA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Capgras syndrome is characterized by the recurrent, transient belief that a person has been replaced by an identical imposter. We reviewed clinical characteristics of Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) patients with Capgras syndrome compared to those without Capgras. METHODS:We identified 55 consecutive DLB pa...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Thaipisuttikul P,Lobach I,Zweig Y,Gurnani A,Galvin JE

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：: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