The structure and validity of self-reported affect in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The economic cost of dementia is high and can be predicted by cognitive and neuropsychiatric profiles. The differential costs of the various subtypes of dementia are unknown in Argentina, and this study therefore aimed to compare these costs. METHODS:Patients with a diagnosis of dementia of Alzheimer-type (...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Rojas G,Bartoloni L,Dillon C,Serrano CM,Iturry M,Allegri RF

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjective memory complaints (SMCs) are a common occurrence for adults, which increase with age, and cause considerable distress. Traditionally SMCs have been assessed by either questionnaires, which ask whether a person has experienced given examples of SMCs, or open-ended questions which elicit spontaneous...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Burmester B,Leathem J,Merrick P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing out-of-pocket health expenditure among older people worsens the inequitable access to essential health services in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). We investigated various socioeconomic and health factors associated with out-of-pocket and catastrophic health expenditures among rural older p...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Brinda EM,Rajkumar AP,Enemark U,Prince M,Jacob KS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital-treated deliberate self harm and suicide among older adults have rarely been examined at a national level. METHODS:The Irish Central Statistics Office provided suicide and undetermined death data for 1980-2006. The National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm collected data relating to deliberate self...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Corcoran P,Reulbach U,Perry IJ,Arensman E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACTBackground:Little is known about the combined use of benzodiazepines and antidepressants in older psychiatric patients. This study examined the prescription pattern of concurrent benzodiazepines in older adults treated with antidepressants in Asia, and explored its demographic and clinical correlates. METHODS...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Zhong XM,Wang F,Zhang Q,Ungvari GS,Ng CH,Chiu HFK,Si TM,Sim K,Avasthi A,Grover S,Chong MY,Chee KY,Kanba S,Lee MS,Yang SY,Udomratn P,Kallivayalil RA,Tanra AJ,Maramis MM,Shen WW,Sartorius N,Mahendran R,Tan CH,

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the extent to which staff members in long-term care facilities (LTCF) have experienced situations of sexual harassment, how they commonly and ideally manage the situation, and how their work position influences their responses. DESIGN:Cross-sectional quantitative study, using the vignette techniq...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Villar F,Fabà J,Serrat R,Celdrán M,Martínez T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reanalyzed previously published data from a prospectively randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase-III study of 130 inpatients with dementia syndrome. The patients in the study had been diagnosed as having suffered from organic brain syndrome (ICD 290), which is the core syndrome of dementia (so-...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Herrmann WM,Stephan K

更新日期：1992-07-01 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:Young-onset dementia (YOD) has a profound impact on spouses. However, little is known on how the quality of the relationship changes over time in YOD. This study aims to determine how the quality of the relationship changes over time and identify predictors of this change. METHODS:This study used data from ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Bruinsma J,Peetoom K,Millenaar J,Köhler S,Bakker C,Koopmans R,Pijnenburg Y,Verhey F,de Vugt M

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia is defined as global cognitive impairment that interferes with function; however, function has been less well measured than cognition in anti-dementia drug trials. In the modern era of anti-dementia clinical trials, measurement of function has improved by differentiating between the aspects of function that h...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Rockwood K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is suggestion that self-reported depressive syndromes can independently manifest in the general population as cognitive/affective or somatic/vegetative. The Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd edition (BDI-II), a self-report measure of depressive symptoms, has been shown to support this two-factor structure...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Carvalho JO,Tan JE,Springate BA,Davis JD

更新日期：2013-03-01 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:Inability to walk compromises the well-being of the growing number of nursing home residents with dementia. The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence and identify predictors of walking disability that may be remediable. METHODS:A cohort was followed fortnightly for a year in 15 nursing homes i...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Slaughter SE,Eliasziw M,Morgan D,Drummond N

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elder mistreatment, social ageism, and human rights are increasingly powerful discourses in positioning older people in society, yet the relationship between them has rarely been subjected to critical investigation. This perceived relationship will have implications for how mistreatment is understood and res...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Biggs S,Haapala I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder with global impact, with the largest proportion of cases occurring in low- and middle-income countries. It is estimated that there are 46.8 million cases globally with approximately 10 million new cases each year or a new case occurring every 3 sec (Prince et al., 2015). For co...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Anstey KJ,Peters R,Clare L,Lautenschlager NT,Dodge HH,Barnes DE,Shahar S,Brodaty H,Rees G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is currently a lack of consensus on the definition of successful aging (SA) and existing implementations have omitted constructs associated with SA. We used empirical methods to develop a dimensional model of SA that incorporates a wider range of associated variables, and we examined the relationship a...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Vahia IV,Thompson WK,Depp CA,Allison M,Jeste DV

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A considerable number of adults with dementia live in residential aged care facilities, where loneliness and boredom are common. Computer-based and electronic technologies have advanced significantly and there is potential for such technologies to improve engagement of residents with dementia. However, the...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Neal I,du Toit SHJ,Lovarini M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge about the daily life of older adults with psychiatric disabilities is extremely limited, especially from the standpoint of the individual. The overall aim of this study was to describe and analyze the ways in which older adults with a psychiatric disability experience places, social relations and a...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Nordström M,Dunér A,Olin E,Wijk H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most people who work in aged care have a fair idea of what is meant by cognitive impairment or decline, and we have some moderately robust instruments for detecting it and measuring change over time. Frailty is much more difficult to define, but like hard core pornography (Stewart, 1964), many of us "know it when we s...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ames D

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the currently available data on the use of ketamine in the treatment of depression among older adults from randomized controlled studies. DESIGN:Randomized controlled trials. SETTING:Variable. PARTICIPANTS:60 years and older with depression. INTERVENTION:Ketamine. MEASUREMENTS:Change in Montgom...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Gupta A,Dhar R,Patadia P,Funaro M,Bhattacharya G,Farheen SA,Tampi RR

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive new caring program--including the introduction of Individual Care Plans and changes in ward organization, caring techniques, and caring philosophy--was introduced at two psychogeriatric wards with severely demented patients. The hypotheses were that the patients (n = 31) would improve in psychosocial capa...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Wimo A,Nelvig A,Nelvig J,Adolfsson R,Mattsson B,Sandman PO

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overlap between neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia and delirium complicates diagnosis of delirium superimposed on dementia (DSD). This study sought to examine differences in delirium presentation and outcomes between DSD patients with and without pre-existing behavioral and psychological symptoms of demen...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Abengaña J,Chong MS,Tay L

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic deficits are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Lewy body dementia (LBD). The nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) provides the major source of cortical cholinergic input; studying its functional connectivity might, therefore, provide a tool for probing the cholinergic system and its degeneration in ne...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Schumacher J,Thomas AJ,Peraza LR,Firbank M,O'Brien JT,Taylor JP

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression in late life is a risk factor for cognitive decline. Depression is also associated with increased disability and social support deficits; these may precede conversion to dementia and inform risk. In this study, we examined if baseline or one-year change in disability and social support predicted l...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Riddle M,McQuoid DR,Potter GG,Steffens DC,Taylor WD

更新日期：2015-05-01 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:Subjective memory complaints (SMC) have been suggested as an early marker of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. However, there is a paucity of evidence on the effects of early life conditions on the development of SMC in old age. This study is aimed at investigating the association between childhood soc...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Nishizawa T,Morita A,Fujiwara T,Kondo K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recognizing and diagnosing early onset dementia (EOD) can be complex and often takes longer than for late onset dementia. The objectives of this study are to investigate the barriers to diagnosis and to develop a typology of the diagnosis pathway for EOD caregivers. METHODS:Semi-structured interviews with 9...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： van Vliet D,de Vugt ME,Bakker C,Koopmans RT,Pijnenburg YA,Vernooij-Dassen MJ,Verhey FR

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Older people commonly present with memory loss although on assessment are not found to have a full dementia complex. Previous studies have suggested however that people with subjective and objective cognitive loss are at higher risk of dementia. We aimed to determine from the literature the rate of conversio...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Bruscoli M,Lovestone S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 20 years ago, the Australian Liberal/National Party Federal Opposition had a set of policies with which it hoped to persuade the Australian people to return it to government in the election due in 1996. This particular collection of proposed initiatives was called "The things that matter". When the then leader of...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ames D

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic value of perfusion 99mTc-exametazime single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in the diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in comparison with dopaminergic 123I-2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)-n-(3-flu...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Colloby SJ,Firbank MJ,Pakrasi S,Lloyd JJ,Driver I,McKeith IG,Williams ED,O'Brien JT

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00