Resilience and social support as protective factors against abuse of patients with dementia: A study on family caregivers.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Associations between low levels of folate and vitamin B12 and cognitive impairment in patients with dementia have been reported. Some studies revealed correlations between low levels of vitamin B12 and behavioural and psychological signs and symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. G...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Engelborghs S,Vloeberghs E,Maertens K,Mariën P,Somers N,Symons A,Clement F,Ketels V,Saerens J,Goeman J,Pickut BA,Vandevivere J,De Deyn PP

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate variables associated with quality of life (QOL) in dementia residents in a long-term care facility using a recently standardized and validated dementia-specific QOL scale (ADRQL). METHOD:A cross-sectional, case-control design was employed using validated scales to assess dementia-related symptoma...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： González-Salvador T,Lyketsos CG,Baker A,Hovanec L,Roques C,Brandt J,Steele C

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systematic evidence became available in the late 1990s on efficacy of cholinesterase inhibitors (CHEIs) for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) and they began to be used sporadically. Since January 2001 UK based guidelines indicated that one of three cholinesterase inhibitors (CHEIs) coul...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Matthews FE,McKeith I,Bond J,Brayne C,MRC CFAS.

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In both dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), attentional dysfunction is a core clinical feature together with disrupted episodic memory. This study evaluated the cognitive effects of memantine in DLB and PDD using automated tests of attention and episodic memory. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Wesnes KA,Aarsland D,Ballard C,Londos E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of tumour necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors (TNF-αI) on Alzheimer's disease-associated pathology. DESIGN:A literature search of PubMed, Embase, PsychINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library databases for human and animal studies that evalua...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Ekert JO,Gould RL,Reynolds G,Howard RJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent data suggests that statins have positive effects on cognition in older adults. Studies in patients with mood disorders have found contradicting positive and negative effects of statins on mood and cognition, with limited data in bipolar disorder (BD). The objective of this study was to assess the asso...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Rej S,Schulte SW,Rajji TK,Gildengers AG,Miranda D,Menon M,Butters MA,Mulsant BH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patient expectations of treatment effects could influence neuropsychological and clinical outcomes in clinical trials of behavioral and lifestyle interventions, which could potentially confound the interpretation of findings. Our aim was to examine whether patient expectancy mediated effectiveness of Mindful...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Haddad R,Lenze EJ,Nicol G,Miller JP,Yingling M,Wetherell JL

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between regular physical activity and the risk of incident dementia in older Japanese adults. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study performed in Okayama City, Japan. Overall, 51 477 older Japanese adults were followed from 2008 to 2014. A health checkup questionnaire was u...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Liu Y,Mitsuhashi T,Yamakawa M,Sasai M,Tsuda T,Doi H,Hamada J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, several reports suggest that oestrogen replacement therapy (ORT=ERT=estrogen replacement therapy) might prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease. Oestrogens influence and modulate brain structure and brain function. There are substantial arguments that the postmenopausal oestrogen loss might, together ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Birkhäuser MH,Strnad J,Kämpf C,Bahro M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether attentional impairments are reliable neuropsychological markers of delirium. METHOD:A prospective cohort of one hundred patients admitted for elective orthopaedic surgery, 70 years and over, and free of dementia were recruited from an Orthopaedic unit in a university teaching hospital. C...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Lowery DP,Wesnes K,Brewster N,Ballard C

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：PURPOSE:We hypothesized that alterations of subcomponents ('harm-avoidance') of personality and the sense of Self in patients with PD would be associated with executive cognitive dysfunction. METHODS:Thirty-four patients with PD and 17 age-matched controls with chronic disease were assessed with a set of neuropsycholo...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： McNamara P,Durso R,Harris E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to assess the effect of socioeconomic status and physical activity on cognitive function using a large population-based survey data in China. METHODS:We took advantage of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey conducted in 2014 to examine the relationship between sociodemographic, physica...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Zhang Y,Gu Y,Zhang Y,Liu X,Zhang Y,Wu W,Chen X,Wang Q,Tan X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The subtypes and risk factors of neuropsychiatric symptoms remain largely unexplored in South-East Asian populations. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the prevalence, subtypes, and risk factors, namely, demographic, medical morbidity, and cognitive impairment associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms in a South-Ea...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Yatawara C,Hiu S,Tan L,Kandiah N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesize that the personality influences the caregiver's depression, burden and distress related to BPSD. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Participants were 105 consecutive patients with dementia and their family caregivers, living at home, attending a Dementia Clinic. A cross-sectional design was used with an app...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Melo G,Maroco J,de Mendonça A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wandering represents a major problem in the management of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this study we examined the utility of the Algase Wandering Scale (AWS), a newly developed psychometric instrument that asks caregivers to assess the likelihood of wandering behavior. METHODS:The AWS was admi...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Marcus JF,Cellar JS,Ansari FP,Bliwise DL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors for nursing home placement of cognitively-impaired elderly, with special attention to the role of psychosocial factors such as the caregiver's preference for institutionalization and the quality of the dyadic relationship. METHODS:Partners, children and ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Spruytte N,Van Audenhove C,Lammertyn F

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：:Reduced N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) and increased myo-inositol (MI) levels have been reported in patients with dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT) in comparison with controls. We wished to assess the validity of these findings and to evaluate possible correlations of metabolite proportions with cognitive dysfunction in DAT....

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Heun R,Schlegel S,Graf-Morgenstern M,Tintera J,Gawehn J,Stoeter P

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to clarify if admission to a specialist geriatric medicine ward leads to improvements in aspects of acute medical care for patients with dementia. METHODS:We analysed combined data involving 900 patients from the Irish and Northern Irish audits of dementia care. Data on baselin...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Briggs R,O'Shea E,de Siún A,O'Neill D,Gallagher P,Timmons S,Kennelly S

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the attribution of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) etiology assigned by individuals with MCI and their care partners, and the extent to which the dyads agreed on the attribution of MCI etiology. METHODS:We conducted secondary analyses of cross-sectional data from a cohort of individuals w...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Rodakowski J,Schulz R,Gentry A,Garand L,Lingler JH

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hospitalizations of people with dementia (PWD) are often accompanied by complications or functional loss and can lead to adverse outcomes. Unsystematic findings suggest an influence of comorbidities on the extent of differences in the length of hospital stay (LOS). This systematic review aimed to identify and...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Möllers T,Stocker H,Wei W,Perna L,Brenner H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychosis, like other neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia, has many features that make predictive modeling of its onset difficult. For example, psychosis onset is associated with both the absolute degree of cognitive impairment and the rate of cognitive decline. Moreover, psychotic symptoms, while more like...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Seltman HJ,Mitchell S,Sweet RA

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure two forms of attrition in a cohort of volunteer brain donors: Withdrawal during life and non-donation at death. To test whether cognitive impairment independently predicts attrition. METHOD:Attrition rates were calculated for all registered participants and for all brain donors who had completed ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Costello H,Hayes GM,Francis PT

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little information on the efficacy and side effects of antidepressant treatment in elderly patients with combined depression and cognitive impairment without dementia (DEP-MCI), and it is unclear if cognitive performance improves with antidepressant response in these patients. METHODS:In 39 elderly...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Devanand DP,Pelton GH,Marston K,Camacho Y,Roose SP,Stern Y,Sackeim HA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study are to explore the feasibility of a multicomponent intervention programme and to evaluate its impacts on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and psychological health of caregivers. METHODS:Fifty-six community-dwelling people with dementia (PWD) and knee ost...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Law W,Kwok TCY

更新日期：2019-12-01 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:Disturbance of sleep is common in individuals with dementia where there may be reversal of the sleep-wake cycle. People with dementia of the Alzheimer's type have melatonin secretion rhythm disorders. There is some evidence that treatment with exogenous melatonin is an effective treatment for sleep disturban...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Serfaty M,Kennell-Webb S,Warner J,Blizard R,Raven P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have sought to determine the predictors of institutionalization of patients with dementia. Such studies, performed in developed western societies, have come to various conclusions which may not be supported in an East Asian culture such as that found in Korea. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to det...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Kim JM,Shin IS,Jeong SJ,Gormley N,Yoon JS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00