Length of hospital stay and dementia: A systematic review of observational studiesInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Tập 34 Số 1 - Trang 8-21 - 2019
Tobias Möllers, Hannah Stocker, Wenjia Wei, Laura Perna, Hermann Brenner
ObjectiveHospitalizations 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 evaluate all studies reporting LOS in...... hiện toàn bộ
Cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease: variations in clinical practice in the north‐west of EnglandInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Tập 21 Số 10 - Trang 961-964 - 2006
Nitin Purandare, Caroline Swarbrick, Alastair Fischer, Alistair Burns
AbstractBackgroundIn the UK, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is currently reviewing cost‐effectiveness of cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the NHS. The implementation of the original NICE (2001) guidance that made these drugs available in the UK was not examined in this review process, and was the objective of this study.MethodTen hospitals in and around Manchester participated in the audit. Case records of all patients who were started on ChEIs between January 2002 and the date of the audit (November 2003 to December 2004) were examined to assess adherence to the NICE ( hiện toàn bộ
Do symptoms of memory impairment correspond to cognitive impairment: a cross sectional study of a clinical cohortInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Tập 21 Số 12 - Trang 1206-1212 - 2006
Hilary Archer, F. MacFarlane, Cathy J. Price, Elizabeth Moore, Tracey Pepple, Dawn Cutler, Chris Frost, Nick C. Fox, Martin N. Rossor
AbstractBackgroundSymptoms of memory loss are a common complaint within the general population and a frequent reason for seeking medical advice. However, the clinical relevance of these symptoms to future development of neurodegenerative disease is uncertain. The aim of this study is to characterise a cohort of individuals with sy...... hiện toàn bộ
Augmenting antidepressant medication with modular CBT for geriatric generalized anxiety disorder: a pilot studyInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Tập 26 Số 8 - Trang 869-875 - 2011
Julie Loebach Wetherell, Jill A. Stoddard, Kamila S. White, Sander J. Kornblith, Hoang M. Nguyen, Carmen Andreescu, Sidney Zisook, Eric J. Lenze
AbstractObjectiveGeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a prevalent psychiatric condition in older adults with deleterious effects on health and cognition. Although selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medications have some efficacy as acute treatments for geriatric GAD, incomplete response is the most common outcome of mo...... hiện toàn bộ
Beyond the global score of the Zarit Burden Interview: useful dimensions for cliniciansInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Tập 20 Số 3 - Trang 254-260 - 2005
Joël Ankri, Sandrine Andrieu, Béatrice Beaufils, Alain Grand, Jean Henrard
AbstractObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to explore the structure of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) for informal caregivers of patients suffering from AD or related disorders, and to examine the relations of the dimensions found with functional disabilities and other patient health indicators.... hiện toàn bộ
A comparison of two approaches for modeling dementia progression in a changing patient contextInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Tập 37 Số 5 - 2022
Nina Wubben, Miriam L. Haaksma, Inez H.G.B. Ramakers, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Frans R.J. Verhey, Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert, René J. F. Melis
AbstractObjectivesTo explain the heterogeneity in dementia disease trajectory, we studied the influence of changing patient characteristics on disease course by comparing the association of dementia progression with baseline comorbidity and frailty, and with time‐varying comorbidity and frailty.... hiện toàn bộ
Association of cerebral microbleeds with cerebrospinal fluid Alzheimer‐biomarkers and clinical symptoms in early dementia with Lewy bodiesInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Tập 36 Số 6 - Trang 851-857 - 2021
Aline Mendes, Vincent Noblet, Mary Mondino, Paulo Loureiro de Sousa, Sumayya Manji, Anne Archenault, Michel Casanovas, Olivier Bousiges, Nathalie Philippi, Seyyid Baloglu, Lucie Rauch, Benjamin Cretin, Catherine Demuynck, Catherine Milch, Frédéric Blanc
AbstractObjectivesTo determine the prevalence, localization and associations of cerebral microbleeds (CMB) in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) with its core clinical symptoms and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We hypothesize DLB patients with CMB have increased amyloid burden compared to those wit...... hiện toàn bộ