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Correlation between the regional brain volume and glymphatic system activity in progressive supranuclear palsy. 进行性核上性麻痹局部脑容量与淋巴系统活动的相关性。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-03-13 DOI: 10.1159/000530075
Miho Ota, Noriko Sato, Yuji Takahashi, Yoko Shigemoto, Yukio Kimura, Moto Nakaya, Emiko Chiba, Hiroshi Matsuda
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Acknowledgemt to Reviewers 感谢审稿人
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1159/000529693
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Health Profiles among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment and Their Implications for Caregiving Experience. 社区居住的认知障碍老年人的健康状况及其对护理经验的影响。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000530606
Pildoo Sung, Jeremy Lim-Soh, Angelique Chan
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Risk Factors of Dementia in Patients with Cerebral Vascular Diseases Based on Taiwan National Health Insurance Data. 基于台湾医保数据的脑血管病患者痴呆危险因素分析
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000530102
Bin Zhou, Cheng-Li Lin, Shinsuke Kojima, Masanori Fukushima, Chung Y Hsu
{"title":"Risk Factors of Dementia in Patients with Cerebral Vascular Diseases Based on Taiwan National Health Insurance Data.","authors":"Bin Zhou,&nbsp;Cheng-Li Lin,&nbsp;Shinsuke Kojima,&nbsp;Masanori Fukushima,&nbsp;Chung Y Hsu","doi":"10.1159/000530102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000530102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Vascular factors have been shown to be associated with increased risk of dementia. However, clinical trials have so far been unsuccessful, suggesting new approaches are needed. The aim of this study was to use population-based real-world data to investigate risk factors and preventive factors for dementia, including the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a retrospective cohort study using LHID2000, a dataset randomly selected from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. Subjects with occlusion and stenosis of precerebral and cerebral arteries, cerebral atherosclerosis without mention of cerebral infarction, and transient cerebral ischemia were included. Subjects with dementia at baseline were excluded. The primary endpoint was dementia. Data for demographic and clinical comorbid status and treatments administered at baseline in 2000 and at the end of follow-up in 2013 were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 4,207 subjects with cerebral vascular disease and no cognitive impairment were included, of whom 392 converted to dementia during an average 5.15-year (SD: 3.79) follow-up. Depression (adjusted HR: 1.54, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.13-2.09), osteoporosis (adjusted HR: 1.34, 95% CI: 1.04-1.74), and the use of enalapril (adjusted HR: 1.37, 95% CI: 1.09-1.73) were risk factors for dementia, while nitroglycerin (adjusted HR: 0.67, 95% CI: 0.53-0.85) was a protecting factor, in subjects with cerebrovascular diseases without mention of cerebral infarction. In total, statins were shown to be associated with decreased risk of dementia (HR: 0.73, 95% CI: 0.59-0.91); however, no one statin subtype or TCM had such an effect.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Depression, osteoporosis, and the use of enalapril were associated with a higher risk of dementia, while nitroglycerin might be a protecting factor for dementia, in subjects with cerebrovascular diseases without mention of cerebral infarction.</p>","PeriodicalId":11126,"journal":{"name":"Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders","volume":"52 3","pages":"184-192"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10332482/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9921652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Combining Physical and Cognitive Functions to Discriminate Level of Gait Independence in Hospitalized Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. 结合生理和认知功能来判别阿尔茨海默病住院患者步态独立性水平。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.1159/000531516
Keita Nakagawa, Shusaku Kanai, Sosuke Kitakaze, Hitoshi Okamura
{"title":"Combining Physical and Cognitive Functions to Discriminate Level of Gait Independence in Hospitalized Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.","authors":"Keita Nakagawa,&nbsp;Shusaku Kanai,&nbsp;Sosuke Kitakaze,&nbsp;Hitoshi Okamura","doi":"10.1159/000531516","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000531516","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Both physical and cognitive functions are required to be assessed to determine the level of gait independence in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD); nonetheless, a method to achieve this assessment has not been established. This study aimed to investigate the accuracy of an assessment method that combined muscle strength, balance ability, and cognitive function parameters in discriminating the level of gait independence in a real-world setting in hospitalized patients with AD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, 63 patients with AD (mean age: 86.1 ± 5.8 years) were classified into three groups according to their gait level: independent, modified independent (independent walking with walking aids), and dependent groups. Discrimination accuracy was calculated for single items of muscle strength, balance ability, and cognitive function tests and for combinations of each.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The combined accuracy of muscle strength, balance ability, and cognitive function had a positive predictive value of 100.0% and a negative predictive value of 67.7% between the independent and modified independent groups. The positive and negative predictive values were 100.0% and 72.4%, respectively, between the modified independent and dependent groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study emphasizes the importance of assessing the level of gait independence in a real-world setting in patients with AD from the perspective of both physical and cognitive functions and proposes a novel method for discriminating an optimal state.</p>","PeriodicalId":11126,"journal":{"name":"Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"232-239"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9624084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Psychological Intervention Program for Patients with Cerebral Infarction. 脑梗死患者的心理干预方案。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000529601
Tianjiao Xu, Fengying Tao, Ping Dong, Haixia Wang, Zhongying Shi
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Analysis of Concomitant Medications Prescribed with Antipsychotics to Patients with Dementia. 痴呆症患者服用抗精神病药物的疗效分析。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-05-26 DOI: 10.1159/000531240
Yoshitaka Saito, Satoru Oishi, Takeya Takizawa, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Yuki Yoshimura, Itsuki Hashimoto, Ryutaro Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Ono, Ken Inada
{"title":"Analysis of Concomitant Medications Prescribed with Antipsychotics to Patients with Dementia.","authors":"Yoshitaka Saito,&nbsp;Satoru Oishi,&nbsp;Takeya Takizawa,&nbsp;Hiroyuki Muraoka,&nbsp;Yuki Yoshimura,&nbsp;Itsuki Hashimoto,&nbsp;Ryutaro Suzuki,&nbsp;Tsuyoshi Ono,&nbsp;Ken Inada","doi":"10.1159/000531240","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000531240","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Antipsychotics are still commonly prescribed to patients with dementia, despite the many issues that have been identified. This study aimed to quantify antipsychotic prescription in patients with dementia and the types of concomitant medications prescribed with antipsychotics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 1,512 outpatients with dementia who visited our department between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2021, were included in this study. Demographic data, dementia subtypes, and regular medication use at the time of the first outpatient visit were investigated. The association between antipsychotic prescriptions and referral sources, dementia subtypes, antidementia drug use, polypharmacy, and prescription of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) was evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The antipsychotic prescription rate for patients with dementia was 11.5%. In a comparison of dementia subtypes, the antipsychotic prescription rate was significantly higher for patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) than for those with all other dementia subtypes. In terms of concomitant medications, patients taking antidementia drugs, polypharmacy, and PIMs were more likely to receive antipsychotic prescriptions than those who were not taking these medications. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that referrals from psychiatric institutions, DLB, N-methyl-<sc>d</sc>-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists, polypharmacy, and benzodiazepine were associated with antipsychotic prescriptions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Referrals from psychiatric institutions, DLB, NMDA receptor antagonist, polypharmacy, and benzodiazepine were associated with antipsychotic prescriptions for patients with dementia. To optimise prescription of antipsychotics, it is necessary to improve cooperation between local and specialised medical institutions for accurate diagnosis, evaluate the effects of concomitant medication administration, and solve the prescribing cascade.</p>","PeriodicalId":11126,"journal":{"name":"Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"222-231"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10614247/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9532784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Memory Alteration Test Is Correlated with Clinical, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and Brain Imaging Markers of Alzheimer Disease in Lima, Peru. 记忆改变测试与秘鲁利马阿尔茨海默病的临床、脑脊液和脑成像标志物相关。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1159/000534157
Nilton Custodio, Marco Malaga, Rosa Montesinos, Diego Chambergo-Michilot, Fiorella Baca, Juan Carlos Carbajal, Jose Carlos Huilca, Eder Herrera-Perez, David Lira, Monica M Diaz, Serggio Lanata
{"title":"The Memory Alteration Test Is Correlated with Clinical, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and Brain Imaging Markers of Alzheimer Disease in Lima, Peru.","authors":"Nilton Custodio, Marco Malaga, Rosa Montesinos, Diego Chambergo-Michilot, Fiorella Baca, Juan Carlos Carbajal, Jose Carlos Huilca, Eder Herrera-Perez, David Lira, Monica M Diaz, Serggio Lanata","doi":"10.1159/000534157","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>As disease-modifying therapies become available for Alzheimer's disease (AD), detection of AD in early stages of illness (mild cognitive impairment [MCI], early dementia) becomes increasingly important. Biomarkers for AD in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are costly and not widely available; hence, it is important to identify cognitive tests that correlate well with AD biomarker status. In this study, we evaluated the memory alteration test (M@T) to detect biomarker-proven AD and quantify its correlation with neurodegeneration and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) AD biomarkers in a cohort of participants from Lima, Peru.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a secondary analysis of a cohort of 185 participants: 63 controls, 53 with amnestic MCI (aMCI), and 69 with dementia due to AD. Participants underwent testing with M@T and a gold standard neuropsychological battery. We measured total tau (t-tau), phosphorylated tau (p-tau), and beta-amyloid (β-amyloid) in CSF, and evaluated neurodegeneration via medial temporal atrophy score in MRI. We used receiver-operator curves to determine the discriminative capacity of the total M@T score and its subdomains. We used the Pearson coefficient to correlate M@T score and CSF biomarkers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The M@T had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.994 to discriminate between controls and cognitively impaired (aMCI or AD) patients, and an AUC of 0.98 to differentiate between aMCI and AD patients. Free-recall and cued recall had the highest AUCs of all subdomains. Total score was strongly correlated with t-tau (-0.77) and p-tau (-0.72), and moderately correlated with β-amyloid (0.66). The AUC for discrimination of neurodegeneration was 0.87.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The M@T had excellent discrimination of aMCI and dementia due to AD. It was strongly correlated with CSF biomarkers and had good discrimination of neurodegeneration. In LMICs, the M@T may be a cost-effective screening tool for aMCI and dementia caused by AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":11126,"journal":{"name":"Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"309-317"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11214699/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41194407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effect of Computerized Training Programs for Attention and Perception for Patients with Hearing Aids. 计算机训练程序对助听器患者注意力和感知的影响。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-04 DOI: 10.1159/000534156
Mustafa Mert Basaran, Hande Arslan, Funda Kutlu
{"title":"Effect of Computerized Training Programs for Attention and Perception for Patients with Hearing Aids.","authors":"Mustafa Mert Basaran, Hande Arslan, Funda Kutlu","doi":"10.1159/000534156","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Sensorineural hearing loss is a common problem, especially among geriatric patients, and it requires hearing aids. Unfortunately, most geriatric patients are hesitant to use hearing aids. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether computerized training therapies increase the attention and perception of patients who have been given hearing aids using psychophysiological tests and wave P300 records.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>One hundred patients (40 women and 60 men) who used hearing aids were included in our study. Sixty patients (30 women and 30 men) received computerized training therapies with hearing aids. After the psychophysiological tests, the study group was divided into three groups according to the role given to patients. Passive training was given in group 1; interactive training was given in group 2; and group 3 was active, questioning training. Measurements of P300 wave latencies, stimuli-P300 peak, and baseline-P300 peak were performed before and after training. The control group consisted of 40 patients who did not receive training and were treated with hearing aids only.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found a significant difference between the pre- and post-training measures of the P300 wave (p &lt; 0.001). Pre-training measurements of P300 waves were recorded for 12% in group 1 and 9.1% in groups 2 and 3 (p = 0.24). Post-training measurements of the P300 wave records were 80% in group 1 and 72.7% in groups 2 and 3 (p = 0.22).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Attention and perception can be measured with the P300 wave. All computer-supported training programs showed an increase of the P300 wave, suggesting that attention and perception of patients with hearing loss can be increased with computer-supported training programs provided with hearing aids.</p>","PeriodicalId":11126,"journal":{"name":"Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"304-308"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41105013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Association of Lifelong Cognitive Reserve with Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment among Older Adults with Limited Formal Education: A Population-Based Cohort Study. 正规教育程度有限的老年人终身认知储备与痴呆症和轻度认知障碍的关系:一项基于人群的队列研究。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-29 DOI: 10.1159/000532131
Yuanjing Li, Yifei Ren, Lin Cong, Tingting Hou, Lin Song, Mingqi Wang, Xiang Wang, Xiaojuan Han, Shi Tang, Qinghua Zhang, Serhiy Dekhtyar, Yongxiang Wang, Yifeng Du, Chengxuan Qiu
{"title":"Association of Lifelong Cognitive Reserve with Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment among Older Adults with Limited Formal Education: A Population-Based Cohort Study.","authors":"Yuanjing Li,&nbsp;Yifei Ren,&nbsp;Lin Cong,&nbsp;Tingting Hou,&nbsp;Lin Song,&nbsp;Mingqi Wang,&nbsp;Xiang Wang,&nbsp;Xiaojuan Han,&nbsp;Shi Tang,&nbsp;Qinghua Zhang,&nbsp;Serhiy Dekhtyar,&nbsp;Yongxiang Wang,&nbsp;Yifeng Du,&nbsp;Chengxuan Qiu","doi":"10.1159/000532131","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000532131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Early-life educational attainment contributes to cognitive reserve (CR). We investigated the associations of lifelong CR with dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among older people with limited formal education.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This population-based cohort study included 2,127 dementia-free participants (≥60 years; 59.4% women; 81.5% with no or elementary school) who were examined at baseline (August-December 2014) and follow-up (March-September 2018). Lifelong CR score at baseline was generated from six lifespan intellectual factors. Dementia, MCI, and their subtypes were defined according to the international criteria. Data were analyzed using Cox proportional-hazards models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the total of 8,330.6 person-years of follow-up, 101 persons were diagnosed with dementia, including 74 with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 26 with vascular dementia (VaD). The high (vs. low) tertile of lifelong CR score was associated with multivariable-adjusted hazards ratios (95% confidence interval) of 0.28 (0.14-0.55) for dementia and 0.18 (0.07-0.48) for AD. The association between higher CR and reduced AD risk was significant in people aged 60-74 but not in those aged ≥75 years (p for interaction = 0.011). Similarly, among MCI-free people at baseline (n = 1,635), the high (vs. low) tertile of lifelong CR score was associated with multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios of 0.51 (0.38-0.69) for MCI and 0.46 (0.33-0.64) for amnestic MCI. Lifelong CR was not related to VaD or non-amnestic MCI.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>High lifelong CR is associated with reduced risks of dementia and MCI, especially AD and amnestic MCI. It highlights the importance of lifelong CR in maintaining late-life cognitive health even among people with no or limited education.</p>","PeriodicalId":11126,"journal":{"name":"Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"258-266"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10614281/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9888219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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