A retrospective, population-based cohort study of driving under the influence, Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, and survival.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ageism, a form of prejudice in which one relates negatively to people due to their age, exists throughout life. However, no attempt has been made to compare ageist attitudes across the life cycle, from young adulthood to old age. Consequently, the current study examined age and gender differences in ageism t...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Bodner E,Bergman YS,Cohen-Fridel S

更新日期：2012-06-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Australia has a growing aging migrant population and rates of dementia in residential care are high. The communication of persons with dementia and limited English language proficiency in residential care is an area that has received little attention in the research literature. METHOD:Thirty-nine Italian-ba...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Runci SJ,Redman JR,O'Connor DW

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cognitive impairment and negative signs are common in patients with schizophrenia. Up to 35% of elderly patients with schizophrenia fulfill the diagnostic criteria of dementia. Donepezil inhibits cholinesterase, thus enhancing cholinergic neurotransmission. We tested the efficacy of donepezil in elderly patie...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Mazeh D,Zemishlani H,Barak Y,Mirecki I,Paleacu D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides a review of research issues and findings on the epidemiology of delirium. Despite the fact that research on this important geriatric syndrome has been conducted for many decades, several methodological issues make it difficult to compare findings across studies. In this paper we first discuss broad...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Levkoff S,Cleary P,Liptzin B,Evans DA

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This subanalysis of a large, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial examined the prevalence of behavioral symptoms in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD), and the effect of treatment with donepezil. METHODS:Two hundred ninety patients with moderate to severe AD (standardized Mini-Mental State Examina...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Gauthier S,Feldman H,Hecker J,Vellas B,Ames D,Subbiah P,Whalen E,Emir B,Donepezil MSAD Study Investigators Group.

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the physician is critical in the evaluation of cognitively impaired patients for two reasons: (a) The longitudinal relationship between the patient and physician provides a unique opportunity to observe changes over time, generating confidence that may encourage the patient and family to report any concern...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Finkel SI,Woodson C

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past five to ten years, neuroimaging capability for neurodegenerative diseases has made remarkable progress. However, debate remains as to the true clinical utility of these advanced and costly investigations. Not only is the place of these tests in diagnostic algorithms unclear, but the access to them varies...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Ritchie CW,Ames D,Burke JR,Bustin J,Connelly P,Laczo J,Portet F

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：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:Common sense suggests and research indicates relationships between staff factors in residential dementia care and quality of life (QOL) for residents, with poor care increasing suffering. However, we do not have a coherent picture of which staff interventions have an impact on quality of care (QOC) or reside...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Bird M,Anderson K,MacPherson S,Blair A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), very few studies have examined advanced preparation for the possibility of becoming sick with AD, and these few studies indicate a general lack of preparation. This study aimed to expand knowledge regarding preparedness for AD among younger and o...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Werner P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to assess the prevalence, incidence, and persistence of suicidal ideation (SI), and to investigate the psychosocial factors associated with these. METHODS:A total of 1,204 community dwelling elderly adults aged 65 years or older were evaluated at baseline, 909 (75%) of whom were followed tw...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Kang HJ,Stewart R,Jeong BO,Kim SY,Bae KY,Kim SW,Kim JM,Shin IS,Yoon JS

更新日期：2014-01-01 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:Cognitive impairment and depression are common and disabling non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Previous studies have shown associations between them but the nature of the relationship remains unclear. In chronic illness, problem- or task-oriented coping strategies are associated with better out...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Hurt CS,Landau S,Burn DJ,Hindle JV,Samuel M,Wilson K,Brown RG,PROMS-PD Study Group.

更新日期：2012-10-01 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: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：:ABSTRACTBackground:Dementia screening is a public health priority in Taiwan, where the prevalence of dementia is increasing because of an aging population. However, the reasons affect community-dwelling people to accept a referral to memory specialist clinic after dementia screening was still unclear. To investigate t...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Chen SF,Liu MH,Chen NC,Horng HD,Tsao WL,Chang CC,Chang YT

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：: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：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：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：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to determine the amount of trauma impact and significant post-traumatic stress symptoms, which can indicate a possible post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in a sample of former German child soldiers of World War II. METHODS:103 participants were recruited through the press, then ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Kuwert P,Spitzer C,Rosenthal J,Freyberger HJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the prevalence, incidence and cofactors of depression among long-term elderly nursing home (LTNH) residents domiciled for eight months or more may help optimize depression treatment in this vulnerable group. We quantified first year depression in American LTNH residents and the associations bet...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Hoover DR,Siegel M,Lucas J,Kalay E,Gaboda D,Devanand DP,Crystal S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous paper, we presented results from a 12-week study of a Psychomotor DANCe Therapy INtervention (DANCIN) based on Danzón Latin Ballroom that involves motor, emotional-affective, and cognitive domains, using a multiple-baseline single-case design in three care homes. This paper reports the results ...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Guzmán A,Robinson L,Rochester L,James IA,Hughes JC

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The growing and welcome interest in the issues leading to distress and impairment in younger doctors has not been mirrored by a focus on the similar issues in older doctors which is surprising given the aging medical workforce. OBJECTIVES:To improve understanding of impairment in older doctors and to facili...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Peisah C,Wilhelm K

更新日期：2007-10-01 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: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：:Using magnetic resonance imaging-based planimetry, we measured cortical and cerebral (cortical and ventricular) atrophy in 26 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) (age, 72.2 +/- 7.0) according to NINCDS-ADRDA criteria and 22 control subjects (age, 71.5 +/- 5.4). AD patients exhibited greater cerebral atrophy (p < .0...

journal_title：International psychogeriatrics

authors： Woo JI,Kim JH,Lee JH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00