Variables modulating depression in dementia caregivers: a longitudinal study.

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：:Few instruments are available with which to measure behavioral and psychological signs and symptoms in Hispanic patients with dementia. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to develop and evaluate a 17-item scale adapted from the Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist. This measure, the Behavior Problem...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Harwood DG,Barker WW,Ownby RL,Bravo M,Aguero H,Duara R

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Most studies examining psychotropic medication use on cognition in older persons with dementia include measures of global cognitive function. The present study examined the relationship between different types of psychotropic medication and specific cognitive functions in older people with dementia. METHODS...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Eggermont LH,de Vries K,Scherder EJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This review presents an overview of the published literature on the effectiveness of continuing professional education (CPE), which includes continuing medical education (CME) of different health care professionals in healthcare settings, for improving patient management and patient outcomes. This review sum...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Rampatige R,Dunt D,Doyle C,Day S,van Dort P

更新日期：2009-04-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) was developed for assessing anxiety in older adults. The objectives of this work were: (a) to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the GAI, and (b) to explore the associations between anxiety and other variables related to emotional distress (dep...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Márquez-González M,Losada A,Fernández-Fernández V,Pachana NA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) is characterized by distinct visual hallucinations and ocularpathology causing visual impairment in patients with insight and the absence of psychiatric comorbidity. The number of reported cases of CBS is expanding as the population ages and the prevalence of vision disorder...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Bergman Y,Barak Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACTBackground:Psychological and social resources such as extraversion, optimism, social support, or social networks contribute to adaptation and to successful aging. Building on assumptions derived from successful aging and from the developmental adaptation models, this study aims to analyze the joint impact of d...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Dumitrache CG,Rubio L,Cordón-Pozo E

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to previously reported mixed findings, there is a need for further empirical research on the factorial structure of the commonly used Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI). Therefore, the psychometric properties of the GAI and its short form version (GAI-SF) were evaluated in a psychogeriatric mixed in-and-o...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Molde H,Hynninen KM,Torsheim T,Bendixen AB,Engedal K,Pachana NA,Nordhus IH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multifactorial strategies that prevent or delay the onset or progress of cognitive decline and dementia are needed, and should include education regarding recognized risk factors. The current study sought to investigate whether older adults "at risk" of cognitive decline benefit from psychoeducation targetin...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Norrie LM,Diamond K,Hickie IB,Rogers NL,Fearns S,Naismith SL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study sought to conduct a comprehensive search for genetic risk of cognitive decline in the context of geriatric depression. DESIGN:A genome-wide association study (GWAS) analysis in the Neurocognitive Outcomes of Depression in the Elderly (NCODE) study. SETTING:Longitudinal, naturalistic follow-up stu...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Steffens DC,Garrett ME,Soldano KL,McQuoid DR,Ashley-Koch AE,Potter GG

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:There was a five-year delay between the two waves of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging during which 2,982 participants died. Their cognitive status before death should be taken into account in estimating the incidence of dementia in the cohort. Information concerning antemortem cognitive status was available from...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Stewart M,McDowell I,Hill G,Aylesworth R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The delirium index (DI) is a valid measure of delirium severity. We proposed to describe longitudinal patterns of severity scores in older long-term care (LTC) residents. METHODS:A prospective cohort study of 280 residents in seven LTC facilities in Montreal and Quebec City, Canada, was conducted. DI, Barth...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ciampi A,Bai C,Dyachenko A,McCusker J,Cole MG,Belzile E

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:This case describes the differential diagnosis and treatment of a 70-year-old man with an avoidant personality disorder. It illustrates that diagnostic assessment and treatment of personality problems in the elderly are possible in mental health care. It demonstrates that multiple stand-alone treatment modules can for...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： van Alphen SP

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III (ACE-III) is a screening test that was recently validated for diagnosing dementia. Since it assesses attention, language, memory, fluency, and visuospatial function separately, it may also be useful for general neuropsychological assessments. The aim of this study was ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Matias-Guiu JA,Cortés-Martínez A,Valles-Salgado M,Rognoni T,Fernández-Matarrubia M,Moreno-Ramos T,Matías-Guiu J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is the most prevalent mental health problem among the elderly, including Chinese-American elderly. A Chinese-language version of the popular Geriatric Depression Scale Long Form (GDS-LF) and Short Form (GDS-SF) was developed. Based on the responses of 50 elderly Chinese immigrants to the U.S. (25 women and ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Mui AC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One in three adults, most of whom are living in a care home at the time, dies with dementia. Their end-of-life is often in hospital, where they may experience uncomfortable interventions without known benefit and die rapidly with uncontrolled pain and comfort needs. This study aimed to improve end-of-life ca...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Livingston G,Lewis-Holmes E,Pitfield C,Manela M,Chan D,Constant E,Jacobs H,Wills G,Carson N,Morris J

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to test the association between anxiety at the time of hospitalization and falls occurring within one month of discharge, and to offer potential mechanisms for this association. METHODS:One-month, prospective cohort study of 556 older adults in two medical centers in Israel. Anxiet...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Agmon M,Zisberg A,Tonkikh O,Sinoff G,Shadmi E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A careful characterization of behavioral abnormalities in corticobasal degeneration syndrome (CBDS) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) by reliable tools is still lacking. Literature data provided evidence of the usefulness of the Frontal Behavioral Inventory (FBI) to operationalize such disturbances, p...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Borroni B,Alberici A,Agosti C,Cosseddu M,Padovani A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (ACE) and its Revised version (ACE-R) are relatively new screening tools for cognitive impairment that may improve upon the well-known Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and other brief batteries. We systematically reviewed diagnostic accuracy studies of ACE and ACE-...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Larner AJ,Mitchell AJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With now over 50 million people worldwide with dementia (Prince et al., 2013), there are almost certainly well over 100 million people with cognitive concerns and many of these will attend their health professional keen to know what is going on. We need those without intensive training in this field to be more confide...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Woodward MC

更新日期：2017-11-01 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: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：:Cross-sectional data from Phase 1 of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging was used to examine the relationship between two self-report health measures: "How would you say your health is these days?"(HEALTH) and "How much do your health troubles stand in the way of your doing the things you want to do?"(TROUBLE). The...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Gutman GM,Stark A,Donald A,Beattie BL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes how demented immigrants' communicative performance together with caregivers who speak/do not speak these people's native language relates to the demented persons' cognitive, linguistic, and neuropsychological abilities. The study was carried out among demented persons who were born in Finland and ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ekman SL,Wahlin TB,Viitanen M,Norberg A,Winblad B

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium significantly increases morbidity and mortality in older people, especially those affected by other organic disorders, notably dementia (Siddiqi et al., 2006; Davis et al., 2012; Martins and Fernandes, 2012). Both delirium and dementia are characterized by cognitive decline through disintegration of brain fun...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Suh GH,Gega L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objectives of this study were to examine the factors modifying the relationship between cortisol level and prevalent/incident cognitive impairment in older adults and to verify whether these relationships were non-linear. METHODS:Data were collected from 1,226 individuals aged 65 and older by two in-hom...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Potvin O,Forget H,Préville M,Berbiche D,Chagnon YC,Hudon C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00