The Geriatric Depression Scale should be shortened: results of Rasch analysis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the extent of and factors associated with male residents who change wandering status post nursing home admission. DESIGN:Longitudinal design with secondary data analyses. Admissions over a 4-year period were examined using repeat assessments with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) to formulate a model un...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： King-Kallimanis B,Schonfeld L,Molinari VA,Algase D,Brown LM,Kearns WD,Davis DM,Werner DH,Beattie ER,Nelson AL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite modest efficacy, unpredictable individual utility, and a high rate of adverse effects, behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common determinants for antipsychotic drug therapy in nursing home patients. AIMS:To explore the impact on BPSD of stopping long-term antipsychotic tre...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Ruths S,Straand J,Nygaard HA,Aarsland D

更新日期：2008-09-01 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:To examine health behaviour, severity of depression, gender differences and religiosity in older patients admitted to intermediate care for further rehabilitation. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS:A research physiotherapist interviewed 173 older patients (113 female), 60 and older consecutively a...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Yohannes AM,Koenig HG,Baldwin RC,Connolly MJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Apathy is a prominent and disabling symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD) and is a multidimensional behaviour, but which dimensions are specifically affected is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this preliminary study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Dimensional Apathy Scale (DAS) and explore th...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Radakovic R,Davenport R,Starr JM,Abrahams S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether donepezil is effective in enhancing cognitive functioning and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in older adults with bipolar disorder. METHODS:Twelve elderly patients with bipolar I or II disorder, with evidence of mild cognitive decrements, were administered donepezil 5-10...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Gildengers AG,Butters MA,Chisholm D,Reynolds CF,Mulsant BH

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Test Your Memory (TYM) test is a recently described cognitive test instrument designed to be self-administered under medical supervision. The pragmatic role of such self-administered tests in cognitive clinics has not previously been examined. We investigated the diagnostic utility of the TYM as an independe...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Hancock P,Larner AJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 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:To assess the effect of an interdisciplinary educational program in reducing the use of antipsychotics in nursing home residents with dementia. METHODS:We conducted a longitudinal pilot study to test the implementation of a 7-month interdisciplinary educational program in a fixed cohort of residents with dem...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Monette J,Champoux N,Monette M,Fournier L,Wolfson C,du Fort GG,Sourial N,Le Cruguel JP,Gore B

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have assessed the impact of caregivers' work activities on the caregiver. There is growing concern about the ever-increasing problems, both physical and physiological, faced by health care workers who provide care for the ill and incapacitated. AIM:The aim of the study was to examine what, if a...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Chiou CJ,Chen IP,Wang HH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a consensus on the need to expand and improve mental health care for older people, evidence on models of service development is limited. OBJECTIVE:Referring to two case studies, this paper considers how evaluation of service innovations can inform policy and practice. CONCLUSIONS:Evaluation should ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： McCrae N,Banerjee S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate a presumed correlation between clock drawing ratings and linear measurements of computerized tomography (CT) studies in demented patients. DESIGN:Blinded evaluations of clock drawing tests and CT studies of elderly dementia patients were conducted by a geriatric psychiatrist and a neuroradiol...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Heinik J,Reider-Groswasser II,Solomesh I,Segev Y,Bleich A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is not clear whether the prevalence of psychosis increases with age. We studied the age-specific prevalence of psychotic symptoms in older people in Western Europe. METHODS:Older people without dementia (age 65-104 years, N = 8762) from the western part of Europe in the EURODEP concerted action took part ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Östling S,Bäckman K,Waern M,Marlow T,Braam AW,Fichter M,Lawlor BA,Lobos A,Reischies FM,Copeland JR,Skoog I

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolf-Klein and colleagues' clock drawing test (CDT) performance was compared with Pfeiffer's Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (Pfeiffer) scores in 145 outpatient geropsychiatry patients. Although normal CDT results were almost always associated with normal Pfeiffer scores, 21% of Pfeiffer normal individuals ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Gruber NP,Varner RV,Chen YW,Lesser JM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to examine whether the reversal of compromised regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in older patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) is dependent on specific parameters of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment and to examine the efficacy of such treatment. ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Hanada H,Imanaga J,Yoshiiwa A,Yoshikawa T,Tanaka Y,Tsuru J,Inoue A,Ishitobi Y,Okamoto S,Kanehisa M,Maruyama Y,Ninomiya T,Higuma H,Isogawa K,Kawasaki T,Fujioka T,Akiyoshi J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the severity of baseline depressive symptoms and the problems that low-income homebound older adults (n = 66) identified in their problem-solving therapy (PST) sessions. METHODS:Depressive symptoms were measured with the 24-item Hamilton Rati...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Choi NG,Hegel MT,Marinucci ML,Sirrianni L,Bruce ML

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to analyze modifiable factors related to agitation of nursing home residents with dementia. METHODS:Relationship of agitation with three modifiable factors (depression, psychosis, and pain) was explored using longitudinal Minimum Data Set (MDS) information from 2032 residents of Dutc...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Volicer L,Frijters DH,Van der Steen JT

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the efficacy of the chronic usage of the cholinesterase inhibitor rivastigmine in patients with dementia in the prevention of delirium in case of hospitalisation. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Non-geriatric wards of an 1120 bed general teaching hospital in s-Hertogenbosch, The N...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Dautzenberg PL,Mulder LJ,Olde Rikkert MG,Wouters CJ,Loonen AJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

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:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between verbal learning and memory performance and hippocampal volume in subjects with co-morbid type 2 diabetes and major depression compared with healthy control subjects and subjects with type 2 diabetes alone. METHODS:Twenty four subjects with typ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Ajilore O,Lamar M,Medina J,Watari K,Elderkin-Thompson V,Kumar A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin B12 assay is part of the routine investigation of dementia, although few studies have investigated the effects of treatment on cognition. We examined the effects of B12 treatment on neuropsychological function and disease progression in patients presenting with dementia or cognitive impairment. METH...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Eastley R,Wilcock GK,Bucks RS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischaemic vascular dementia shares risk factors with stroke. There is evidence that control of these risk factors may prevent or alter the course of vascular dementia. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of regular low-dose aspirin on outcomes for patients with vascular dementia. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis o...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Devine ME,Rands G

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:Family dementia caregivers are at high risk of depression and burnout. We assessed the feasibility of Central Meditation and Imagery Therapy for Caregivers (CMIT-C), a novel 8-week group meditation and guided imagery group therapy program, for dementia caregivers reporting stress because of caregiving respon...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Jain FA,Nazarian N,Lavretsky H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study to estimate the prevalence of dementia in a rural population was conducted in a community located on the outskirts of Madras city in South India. Seven hundred and fifty elderly 60 years of age and older, selected using the cluster sampling technique, were interviewed using the Geriatric Mental State schedule ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Rajkumar S,Kumar S,Thara R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review presents evidence of the undertreatment of pain for people with cognitive impairment and explores reasons for this, emphasizing inadequate detection due to lack of suitable pain assessment protocols. Implications for practice and suggestions for further research are made. ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Cook AK,Niven CA,Downs MG

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the extent to which elderly people with cognitive impairment are able to answer questions about their quality of life.Design and setting308 elderly residents were interviewed within 2 weeks of admission to one of 30 residential or nursing homes in north-west England. MEASURES:The Mini-Mental Sta...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Mozley CG,Huxley P,Sutcliffe C,Bagley H,Burns A,Challis D,Cordingley L

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00