Factor structure of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression in a cohort of community-dwelling elderly.

abstract：:Family members incur substantial financial costs during the course of caring for an individual with Alzheimer's disease. Much of this cost is associated with time spent in caregiving tasks, including supervision and communication with the patient, and assisting with activities of daily living. We have previously repor...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Marin DB,Dugue M,Schmeidler J,Santoro J,Neugroschl J,Zaklad G,Brickman A,Schnur E,Hoblyn J,Davis KL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify which specific depressive symptoms predict remission to aripiprazole augmentation in late-life treatment resistant depression. METHODS:This is a secondary analysis of data from a late-life treatment resistant depression trial examining the safety and efficacy of aripiprazole augmentation. Partici...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Gebara MA,DiNapoli EA,Kasckow J,Karp JF,Blumberger DM,Lenze EJ,Mulsant BH,Reynolds CF 3rd

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Timely recognition and diagnosis of dementia is the pre-condition for improving dementia care, but diagnosis often occurs late in the disease process. OBJECTIVE:To compare facilitators and obstacles to the timely recognition of dementia across eight European Union states, in order to implement established p...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Vernooij-Dassen MJ,Moniz-Cook ED,Woods RT,De Lepeleire J,Leuschner A,Zanetti O,de Rotrou J,Kenny G,Franco M,Peters V,Iliffe S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sleep problems and depression are common symptoms in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), where patients typically experience subjectively poor sleep quality, fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness. However, whilst sleep disturbances have been linked to depression, this relationship has not received much attent...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Elder GJ,Colloby SJ,Lett DJ,O'Brien JT,Anderson KN,Burn DJ,McKeith IG,Taylor JP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES/METHODS:Ten patients with neuropathologically verified frontotemporal dementia (FTD) were analysed for neuropathological features in relation to first presenting and dominating symptoms, age at onset and duration of dementia, as well as to EEG/quantitative EEG. RESULTS:Cases with a late onset (> 65 years) i...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Passant U,Rosén I,Gustafson L,Englund E

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：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:Apathy and depression are the most common neuropsychiatric features in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The clinical and functional specific correlates of these syndromes are not well known independently from cognitive deficits and other behavioral disturbances. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Six hundred and eighty-six pati...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Benoit M,Andrieu S,Lechowski L,Gillette-Guyonnet S,Robert PH,Vellas B,REAL-FR group.

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationships between apathy, depression and functional impairment in questionable dementia (QD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are complex. This study aimed to explore the interactions between severity of apathy, depression and functional performance; and to investigate the effects of apathy alone, depres...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Lam LC,Tam CW,Chiu HF,Lui VW

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To compare the scores on the Relative Stress Scale (RSS) with those on the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and to establish a cut-off score for RSS in order to distinguish carers with symptoms of psychiatric disorders from those without. METHODS:One hundred and ni...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Ulstein I,Wyller TB,Engedal K

更新日期：2007-03-01 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 examine the clinical differences between late-onset schizophrenia (LOS) and early-onset schizophrenia (EOS) in Taiwanese elderly chronic hospitalized schizophrenic patients. METHODS:By using a cross-sectional study method, we investigated all the hospitalized elderly schizophrenic patients in a general h...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Huang C,Zhang YL

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In recent years, there has been a blossoming of studies examining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as a method of studying the pathophysiology of delirium. We systematically reviewed the literature for CSF studies in delirium and provide here a summary of the implications for our understanding of delirium pathophysi...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Hall RJ,Watne LO,Cunningham E,Zetterberg H,Shenkin SD,Wyller TB,MacLullich AMJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To describe sociodemographic data of patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), to compare the cognitive profile of patients with FTD with that of severity-matched patients with Alzheimer's disease using the CERAD neuropsychological battery (CERAD-NP), to investigate the frequency of behavioural disturbanc...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Diehl J,Kurz A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This integrative review aimed to synthesize studies that investigated the effects of acupressure on sleep quality, depression, anxiety, and agitation in older people, and to describe the acupressure procedures and techniques applied in the included studies. METHODS:A literature search was conducted using el...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Hmwe NTT,Browne G,Mollart L,Allanson V,Chan SW

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of a tailored evidence-based intervention, consisting of a leaflet and a letter, to encourage timely help-seeking for dementia in Black elders. METHODS:Participating GP surgeries were randomised to send either the intervention or a control leaflet about ageing w...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Roche M,Mukadam N,Adelman S,Livingston G

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the associations of personality characteristics with both subtypes and symptom dimensions of depression in older adults. METHODS:Three hundred and seventy-eight depressed older adults participated in the Netherlands Study of Depression in Older Persons. Personality characteristics were as...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Koorevaar AML,Hegeman JM,Lamers F,Dhondt ADF,van der Mast RC,Stek ML,Comijs HC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the rates of psychiatric disorder and personality variables in a sample of older people who had committed suicide and to compare the rates in a subgroup of this sample with those in a control group of people who died from natural causes. DESIGN:Descriptive psychological autopsy study, including ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Harwood D,Hawton K,Hope T,Jacoby R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little evidence is available about how quality of life (QoL) changes as dementia progresses. OBJECTIVES:We explored QoL trajectories over a 20-month period and examined what predicted change in QoL. METHOD:Fifty-one individuals with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's, vascular or mixed dementia (people with dement...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Clare L,Woods RT,Nelis SM,Martyr A,Marková IS,Roth I,Whitaker CJ,Morris RG

更新日期：2014-06-01 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:To evaluate the frequency of and determine predictive factors for acute hospitalization in a prospective study of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). DESIGN:A one year prospective study. PARTICIPANTS:134 patients recruited from the memory clinic in Toulouse University Hospital, with AD diagnosed using t...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Andrieu S,Reynish E,Nourhashemi F,Shakespeare A,Moulias S,Ousset PJ,Sagnier P,Richard A,Albarede JL,Vellas B

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Beneficial effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) were demonstrated by many controlled studies in major depression. Moreover, this promising and non invasive therapeutic tool seems to be better tolerated than electroconvulsive therapy.Vascular depression is a subtype of late-life depr...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Fabre I,Galinowski A,Oppenheim C,Gallarda T,Meder JF,De Montigny C,Olié JP,Poirier MF

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of demographic variables on Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) performance in an educationally diverse elderly population and to provide normative information. METHODS:SCWT was administered to 564 community-dwelling volunteers aged 60-90 years with an educa...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Seo EH,Lee DY,Choo IH,Kim SG,Kim KW,Youn JC,Jhoo JH,Woo JI

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article analyses behaviour changes in dementia at the point of entry to a longitudinal study. DESIGN:Prospective, longitudinal study of behaviour in dementia, with autopsy follow-up. SETTING:Subjects with dementia, living at home with a carer. All lived in Oxfordshire, UK. PARTICIPANTS:Ninety-seven pe...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Hope T,Keene J,Gedling K,Cooper S,Fairburn C,Jacoby R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of the current study was to investigate psychological resilience in the older adults (>64 years) compared with that of the young ones (<26 years). METHODS:Questionnaire measures of depression, hopelessness, general health and resilience were administered to the participants. The resilience measure ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Gooding PA,Hurst A,Johnson J,Tarrier N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The cognitive subscale of the Alzheimer's Disease Assesment Scale (ADAS-Cog) is the most widely used test in clinical trials dealing with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of ADAS-Cog. METHODS:Twenty-nine patients with AD, ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Mavioglu H,Gedizlioglu M,Akyel S,Aslaner T,Eser E

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00