What help do GPs want from specialist services in managing patients with dementia?

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In primary care 50-95% of patients with depression present with vegetative symptoms (VS). Based on the extant literature, older adults showing VS (but no dysphoria) may show functional impairment but this hypothesis has not been empirically tested. The goal of this study was to examine neurocognitive and dai...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Paradiso S,Duff K,Vaidya JG,Hoth A,Mold JW

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To find a blood biomarker and disease-related peptides in Alzheimer's disease (AD), we comprehensively detected serum peptides. METHODS:Ion intensity of serum peptides from 62 AD patients and 82 control subjects was measured by mass spectrometry. RESULTS:A total of 157 peptides were detected from 30 AD pati...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Noguchi M,Sato T,Nagai K,Utagawa I,Suzuki I,Arito M,Iizuka N,Suematsu N,Okamoto K,Kato T,Yamaguchi N,Kurokawa MS

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Memory complaints in the absence of objective test impairments are common. Only a subset of these subjects seeks medical attention for these complaints. The aim of the present study was to investigate which factors determine why people with subjective memory complaints (SMC) seek medical attention. METHODS:T...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Ramakers IH,Visser PJ,Bittermann AJ,Ponds RW,van Boxtel MP,Verhey FR

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine years after the initial approval of a cholinergic drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease in the USA, a compound with a different pharmacological approach, namely the NMDA antagonist memantine, has been approved for the first time in Europe in 2002. This event led to an enhanced perception of a decade of ba...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Möbius HJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited literature around peer research in dementia. This study aims to identify the benefits, the risks and the practical challenges and to develop a model of good practice in peer research with people with dementia. METHODS:We searched on PsycInfo, PubMed and Google Scholar for empirical investig...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Di Lorito C,Birt L,Poland F,Csipke E,Gove D,Diaz-Ponce A,Orrell M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effectiveness of dementia programmes and report factors related to programme outcomes. To describe the characteristics which placed hostel residents at risk for nursing home placement and to measure changes in dependencies and impairments over 2 years. DESIGN:Longitudinal, quasi-experimental u...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Rosewarne R,Bruce A,McKenna M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Less than one-tenth of all population-based research into dementia is directed towards the two-thirds or more of cases living in developing parts of the world. The 10/66 Dementia Research Group has been formed to redress this imbalance, encouraging active research collaboration between centres in different developing ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Prince M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of cobalamin/folate supplementation on cognitive function in elderly patients with dementia. METHOD:The cobalamin/folate status of the patients was evaluated by measuring plasma homocysteine, serum methylmalonic acid, serum cobalamin and blood folate. Thirty-three patients were stu...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Nilsson K,Gustafson L,Hultberg B

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether psychogeriatric admissions increased after COVID-19, independent of seasonal variation; whether the increase was comparable with that seen in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); and which factors were associated with such increase. METHODS:All psychiatric admissions aged 65 or older...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Lee ATC,Mo FYM,Lam LCW

更新日期：2020-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rivastigmine is used for symptomatic treatment of mild-to-moderately severe Alzheimer's Dementia (AD). We investigated the frequency of and reasons for rivastigmine discontinuation in clinical practice and possible predictive factors for discontinuation within the first six months after starting therapy. ME...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Frankfort SV,Appels BA,de Boer A,Tulner LR,van Campen JP,Koks CH,Beijnen JH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure depressive symptomatology in a largely illiterate elderly population in India, using a new Hindi version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-H), and to examine its distribution and associations with age, gender, literacy, cognitive impairment and functional impairment. DESIGN:A Hindi version of...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Ganguli M,Dube S,Johnston JM,Pandav R,Chandra V,Dodge HH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the use of antidementia medications in Australia. Other countries have reported sociodemographic disparities in use. Our objective was to estimate prevalence, duration, and time to initiation of antidementia medication (cholinesterase inhibitors or memantine) among Australians with deme...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Lind KE,Gray LC,Raban MZ,Georgiou A,Westbrook JI

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to keep subscribers up-to-date with the latest developments in their field, John Wiley & Sons are providing a current awareness service in each issue of the journal. The bibliography contains newly published material in the field of geriatric psychiatry. Each bibliography is divided into 9 sections: 1 Books, ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Arai Y

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A screening strategy composed of three-item temporal orientation and three-word recall has been increasingly used for detecting cognitive impairment. However, the intervening task administered between presentation and recall has varied. We evaluated six brief tasks that could be useful as intervening distrac...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Apolinario D,Lichtenthaler DG,Magaldi RM,Soares AT,Busse AL,Amaral JR,Jacob-Filho W,Brucki SM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a well-validated, self-report measure of both anxiety and depression. It is frequently used with people with dementia. However, its structural validity has never been examined in this population. The current study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Stott J,Spector A,Orrell M,Scior K,Sweeney J,Charlesworth G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Little is known about the prevalence of impaired executive control function (ECF) in community dwelling elderly or minority populations. We have determined the prevalence of cognitive impairment and impaired ECF in a community dwelling Mexican American elderly population, and their associations with functi...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Royall DR,Espino DV,Polk MJ,Palmer RF,Markides KS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Suicide in older adults is a major public health issue. Past research across the US adult population has linked prescription medication misuse with suicidal ideation. No work has evaluated associations between prescription opioid or benzodiazepine misuse and suicidal ideation in older adults, and this work a...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Schepis TS,Simoni-Wastila L,McCabe SE

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the effects of kin relationship on response to use of adult day services (ADS) on feelings of overload, depressive symptoms, and positive affect for family caregivers of people with dementia. METHODS:The sample consisted of 341 participants drawn from two studies of ADS. The studies used ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Kim K,Zarit SH,Femia EE,Savla J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is unclear whether patients with late onset and patients with early onset present with different subtypes of depression. The aim of the study was to compare the prevalence of subtypes of ICD-10 single depressive episodes for patients with late onset (age >65 years) and patient with early onset (age < or = ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Kessing LV

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of risperidone and olanzapine on cognitive functioning in elderly patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. METHOD:One hundred seventy-six elderly inpatients and outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were enrolled in this multicenter, double-blind tr...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Harvey PD,Napolitano JA,Mao L,Gharabawi G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to use group reminiscence therapy (GRT) as a nursing intervention to evaluate the post-test, 3-month and 6-month effects on depressive symptoms for institutionalised male veterans after a 4-week intervention. METHODS:A quasi-experimental design and purposive sampling was conduct...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Chueh KH,Chang TY

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the fact that the current definitions of dementia in the DSM-IV and ICD-10 require functional deterioration for the diagnosis of dementia, it is not necessary a formal evaluation of functional capacity. OBJECTIVES:To examine the efficiency of functional assessment as a method of screening dementia i...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Castilla-Rilo J,López-Arrieta J,Bermejo-Pareja F,Ruiz M,Sánchez-Sánchez F,Trincado R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the impact of nortriptyline to sertraline on change in cognitive functioning in depressed older adults. METHODS:We used pre-post neuropsychological data collected as part of a 12-week medication trial comparing sertraline to nortriptyline in the treatment of older adults ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Culang-Reinlieb ME,Sneed JR,Keilp JG,Roose SP

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a paucity of cross-cultural studies of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). METHOD:BPSD were examined in a consecutive series of Indian sub-continent origin and white indigenous elders admitted to a dementia day hospital using the BEHAVE-AD. The correlates of individual BPSD i...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Haider I,Shah A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric illness is common in older people in general hospitals, but little is known of the service models operating in the UK, or of the views of old age psychiatrists regarding service provision in this area. We set out to determine the range of UK old age psychiatry service models for older people in g...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Holmes J,Bentley K,Cameron I

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Depression in late life has been associated with difficulties in cognitive processing, particularly in the domains of executive function, processing speed and memory, and increases the risk of developing dementia suggesting a neurodegenerative phenotype. Mitochondrial dysfunction is frequently an early event...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Harper DG,Joe EB,Jensen JE,Ravichandran C,Forester BP

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies have shown that psychological problems in elderly patients are often unrecognised in primary care. The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life and consultation rates of Chinese elderly patients with unrecognised psychological problems in primary care. The prevalence and risk factors o...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Lam CL,Chin WY,Lee PW,Lo YY,Fong DY,Lam TP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify subtypes of neuropsychiatric symptom (NPS) course among cognitively normal individuals and to assess the association between these subtypes and hazard of later mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia diagnosis. METHODS:We modeled neuropsychiatric inventory questionnaire (NPI-Q) scores from 4...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Leoutsakos JS,Wise EA,Lyketsos CG,Smith GS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify carer and patient characteristics associated with various aspects of burden of care. METHOD:The burden on 196 carers, each caring for one patient with dementia, was rated by means of the Relative Stress Scale (RSS). Patients were assessed with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Disabil...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Ulstein I,Bruun Wyller T,Engedal K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive screening instruments are either too long for routine clinical use or not sensitive to distinguish mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from normal cognition (NC) or dementia. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the AB Cognitive Screen (ABCS) and its subtests with a view to improvi...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Standish TI,Molloy DW,Cunje A,Lewis DL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00