Jason A. Blake, D. Leann Long, Amy J. Knight, Burel R. Goodin, Michael Crowe, Suzanne E. Judd, J. David Rhodes, Olivio J. Clay
{"title":"Caregiver Psychosocial Factors & Stroke Survivor Cognitive Outcomes: A REGARDS-CARES Cohort Study","authors":"Jason A. Blake, D. Leann Long, Amy J. Knight, Burel R. Goodin, Michael Crowe, Suzanne E. Judd, J. David Rhodes, Olivio J. Clay","doi":"10.1002/gps.70046","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Caring for an individual with cognitive impairment carries a physical, mental, and emotional toll. This manuscript examines the relationship between caregiver psychosocial measures and longitudinal cognitive outcomes of stroke survivors, as well as analyzing the psychosocial factors as moderators of stroke severity and cognition.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This analysis was conducted on caregiver and stroke survivor dyads (<i>n</i> = 157) that participated in the Caring for Adults Recovering from the Effects of Stroke (CARES) project, an ancillary study of the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) national cohort study. Stroke severity at hospitalization discharge was included as the primary predictor of cognitive outcomes and caregiver psychosocial factors were included as additional predictors. Cognition was assessed biennially and measured the domains of learning, memory, and executive functioning. Individual mixed-effect models included each psychosocial factor and were covariate-adjusted for pre-stroke cognitive scores and demographic variables. Caregiver psychosocial factors included caregiver strain, depressive symptoms, life and leisure time satisfaction, and overall quality of life.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Decreased caregiver strain (<i>b</i> = −0.230, 95% CI: −0.39 to −0.07; <i>p</i> = 0.006) and increased leisure time satisfaction (<i>b</i> = 0.045, 95% CI: 0.01 to 0.08; <i>p</i> = 0.005) were both found to be significant predictors, alongside stroke severity (<i>b</i> = −0.137, 95% CI: −0.22 to −0.05; <i>p</i> = 0.002), of better stroke survivor cognition overall. No variables were found to be moderating factors of the relationship between stroke severity and cognition.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Understanding the caregiver psychosocial factors that predict stroke outcomes will help clinicians to identify stroke survivor and caregiver dyads at higher risk for worst longitudinal cognitive outcomes following stroke.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11728259/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annalisa Palmisano, Luke R. Pezanko, Davide Cappon, Elisa Tatti, Joanna Macone, Giacomo Koch, Carmelo L. Smeralda, Sara M. Romanella, Giulio Ruffini, Davide Rivolta, Daniel Z. Press, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Georges El-Fakhri, Emiliano Santarnecchi
{"title":"Preliminary Evidence for Perturbation-Based tACS-EEG Biomarkers of Gamma Activity in Alzheimer's Disease","authors":"Annalisa Palmisano, Luke R. Pezanko, Davide Cappon, Elisa Tatti, Joanna Macone, Giacomo Koch, Carmelo L. Smeralda, Sara M. Romanella, Giulio Ruffini, Davide Rivolta, Daniel Z. Press, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Georges El-Fakhri, Emiliano Santarnecchi","doi":"10.1002/gps.70025","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by impaired inhibitory circuitry and GABAergic dysfunction, which is associated with reduced fast brain oscillations in the gamma band (γ, 30–90 Hz) in several animal models. Investigating such activity in human patients could lead to the identification of novel biomarkers of diagnostic and prognostic value. The current study aimed to test a multimodal “Perturbation-based” transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation-Electroencephalography (tACS)-EEG protocol to detect how responses to tACS in AD patients correlate with patients' clinical phenotype.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Fourteen participants with mild to moderate dementia due to AD underwent a baseline assessment including cognitive status, peripheral neuroinflammation, and resting-state (rs)EEG. The tACS-EEG recordings included brief (6′) tACS blocks of gamma (i.e., 40 Hz) stimulation administered through 4 different montages, with Pre/Post 32-Channels EEG for each block. Changes in tACS-EEG and rsEEG γ band power with respect to baseline were adopted as a metric of induction and compared with cognitive scores and neuroinflammatory biomarkers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We found positive correlations between 40 Hz-induced γ activity in fronto-central-parietal areas and patient cognitive status and negative ones with neuroinflammatory markers. Participants with greater cognitive impairment exhibited less γ induction and higher peripheral neuroinflammation. The same analysis performed with spectral power from baseline rsEEG resulted in no significant correlations, promoting the value of tACS-based perturbation for capturing individual differences in pathology-related brain features.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our work suggests a link between tACS-induced γ band spectral power and clinical severity, with weaker γ induction corresponding to more severe clinical/cognitive impairment. This study provides preliminary support for the development of novel physiological biomarkers and therapeutic targets based on disease severity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Etuini Ma'u, Sarah Cullum, Gary Cheung, Jade Tamatea, Gill Livingston, Naaheed Mukadam
{"title":"Variation of the Risk Associated With Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia Between Ethnic Groups Within One Country. A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Routinely Collected Health Data in Aotearoa New Zealand","authors":"Etuini Ma'u, Sarah Cullum, Gary Cheung, Jade Tamatea, Gill Livingston, Naaheed Mukadam","doi":"10.1002/gps.70042","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70042","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>While risk factor prevalence of individual risk factors for dementia varies between ethnic groups in New Zealand (NZ), it is not known whether the effect of these risks is the same in each group.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This retrospective cohort study identified incident cases of dementia. Cox regression models calculated the hazard ratio for dementia for each of the risk factors, after adjustment for age and sex.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Education, smoking, diabetes, depression, physical activity and social isolation were associated with a 1.13–1.55 times increased risk of dementia. We did not demonstrate an association between dementia risk and hypertension, alcohol, or air pollution. Differences between ethnic groups is suggested but not confirmed due to study power.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Discussion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Differences in dementia prevention potential between ethnic groups in NZ are potentially contributed to by both differential prevalence and risk factor effects. Public health strategies must be tailored for the ethnic populations at most risk.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142948522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alison Thomson, Charlotte Kenten, Sube Banerjee, Sallyann Browning, Tommy Pouncey, Rachel Horne, Claudia Cooper, DeNPRU-QM
{"title":"Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Public Understanding of Preventing Neurodegenerative Disorders","authors":"Alison Thomson, Charlotte Kenten, Sube Banerjee, Sallyann Browning, Tommy Pouncey, Rachel Horne, Claudia Cooper, DeNPRU-QM","doi":"10.1002/gps.70038","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142948508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
André Hajek, Razak M. Gyasi, Karl Peltzer, Hans-Helmut König, Supa Pengpid
{"title":"Creative Aging: Unraveling the Psychosocial Benefits of Art Among Germany's Oldest Old. Findings From the Nationally Representative Study “Old Age in Germany (D80+)”","authors":"André Hajek, Razak M. Gyasi, Karl Peltzer, Hans-Helmut König, Supa Pengpid","doi":"10.1002/gps.70039","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70039","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>There is a dearth of studies examining the link between artistic activity and psychosocial outcomes exclusively among the oldest old. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between artistic activity and psychosocial outcomes among individuals aged 80 years and over in Germany.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods/Design</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Data for this analysis were taken from the “Old Age in Germany (D80+)” study, a nationwide sample encompassing both community-dwelling individuals aged 80 and above, as well as those residing in care facilities. The analytic sample included a total of <i>n</i> = 3181 individuals. Established tools were used to quantify the variables of interest.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Approximately 25.5% of individuals engaged in artistic activities, with the most popular being singing (9.0%) and making music (7.7%). Most participants engaged in these activities frequently, predominantly at home (84.8%). Regressions showed that overall engagement in the arts was not significantly associated with outcomes, except for reduced loneliness among men. Specific types of arts activities were associated with favorable psychosocial outcomes (e.g., singing and making music were associated with lower loneliness among men, whereas photography/filming was associated with lower loneliness among women). In addition, engaging in artistic activities outside the home was associated with higher life satisfaction among the total sample and women. The frequency of engagement in artistic activities was mainly not associated with psychosocial outcomes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>About one in four individuals aged 80 years and over in Germany is engaged in artistic activities (frequently; mostly at home). Our findings show that engaging in artistic activities may have positive psychosocial benefits (depending on the type and sex-specific), particularly in reducing loneliness and increasing life satisfaction. Artistic engagement, particularly outside the home, may contribute to increased life satisfaction among women. Even rare artistic activities could prove beneficial.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11707403/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142948505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Toshiki Fukasawa, Kota Matsumoto, Kotaro Sasaki, Yukako Nakagami, Yuta Goto, Yusuke Sakamoto, Yukihiko Washimi, Sachiko Tanaka-Mizuno, Satomi Yoshida, Kayoko Mizuno, Yuta Kamada, Mika Ishii, Koji Kawakami
{"title":"Initiation of Psychotropic Drugs in Spouses of Patients With Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease: A Matched Cohort Study","authors":"Toshiki Fukasawa, Kota Matsumoto, Kotaro Sasaki, Yukako Nakagami, Yuta Goto, Yusuke Sakamoto, Yukihiko Washimi, Sachiko Tanaka-Mizuno, Satomi Yoshida, Kayoko Mizuno, Yuta Kamada, Mika Ishii, Koji Kawakami","doi":"10.1002/gps.70041","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70041","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) can cause emotional stress not only to the patients themselves but also to their spouses. This study aimed to evaluate the risk of psychiatric disorders in spouses of EOAD patients, using psychotropic drug initiation as a surrogate indicator.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A cohort study was conducted using a Japanese claims database, with spouses of EOAD patients (exposed spouses) matched with spouses of non-EOAD individuals (reference spouses) up to a 1:10 ratio. Primary outcome was the initiation of mood disorder drugs, and secondary outcomes were the initiation of drugs for anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Four study cohorts were created according to each outcome analysis. Multivariable Cox regression models were used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for study outcomes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The analysis of mood disorder drugs included 395 exposed spouses and 3711 reference spouses. The proportion of patients excluded from the analysis due to prescription of mood disorder drugs during the baseline period was 4.3% higher among exposed spouses than reference spouses. There was no major difference between groups with respect to mood disorder drug initiation after 1 year (aHR, 2.08 [95% CI, 0.61 to 7.13]). In subgroup analysis of females and dependents, exposed spouses showed a higher rate of initiation (females: aHR, 6.39 [95% CI, 1.24 to 32.80]; dependents: aHR, 6.47 [95% CI, 1.25 to 33.55]). No substantial differences in secondary outcomes were observed in any comparison.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study does not conclusively demonstrate an increase in mood disorder drug initiation among spouses of EOAD patients overall; however, initiation rates may be higher among female or dependent spouses. Our findings also suggest that exposed spouses experience significant psychological stress prior to their partners' EOAD diagnoses.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gps.70041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142926990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John G. Cagle, Timothy E. Stump, Wanzhu Tu, Mary Ersek, Alexander Floyd, Lieve Van den Block, Peiyan Zhang, Todd D. Becker, Kathleen T. Unroe
{"title":"A Psychometric Evaluation of the Staff-Reported EOLD-CAD Measure Among Nursing Home Residents With Cognitive Impairment","authors":"John G. Cagle, Timothy E. Stump, Wanzhu Tu, Mary Ersek, Alexander Floyd, Lieve Van den Block, Peiyan Zhang, Todd D. Becker, Kathleen T. Unroe","doi":"10.1002/gps.70037","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70037","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The End-of-Life Dementia—Comfort Assessment in Dying (EOLD-CAD) scale is one of the few outcome instruments designed to capture symptom burden and well-being among nursing home residents with dementia; however, psychometric evaluations of the EOLD-CAD are limited. Although the instrument is often used to assess outcomes prospectively, it was originally developed and tested as a postmortem assessment. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the instrument properties of the EOLD-CAD using staff reports from a large sample of nursing home residents with cognitive impairment prior to death.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using data from the multi-state UPLIFT clinical trial, this study evaluated the psychometric properties of the EOLD-CAD from 168 nursing home staff members reporting outcomes for 611 living residents with moderate to severe cognitive impairment. Staff also reported on resident quality-of-life using two different single item measures. We conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and assessed construct validity, inter-item reliability, and observer report bias.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>CFA produced a four-factor solution. All factor loadings were > 0.40, ranging from 0.61–0.95 for Physical Distress, 0.71–0.91 for Dying Symptoms, 0.61–0.78 for Emotional Distress, and 0.89–0.94 for Well-Being. Model indices suggest a good fit to the data with root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.053 (95% CI = (0.044, 0.062)), comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.971, and standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) = 0.093, with the SRMR slightly above the conventional threshold of > 0.08. Based on intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), patterns of observer reports were identified among staff who provided data for multiple residents. ICCs were notably high (> 0.60) for Well-Being items. The EOLD-CAD elicited a Cronbach's alpha of 0.73, and the instrument was negatively correlated with items measuring resident quality of life.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We found that when the EOLD-CAD was completed by nursing home staff familiar with the respective residents, observer-based patterns were detectable. Such patterns were adjusted for in our CFA, from we found that the EOLD-CAD exhibited multidimensionality with a four-factor structure capturing: Physical Distress, Emotional Distress, Dying Symptoms, and Well-Being. In addition to the CFA, the EOLD-CAD demonstrated generally valid and reliable psychometric properties in our population of long-stay nursing home residents with moderate to severe cognitive impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142914496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risks of Dementia Associated With Anticholinergic Medication Compared to Beta-3 Agonist Among Older Patients With Overactive Bladder in Japan: The LIFE Study","authors":"Yuki Okita, Yoshimitsu Shimomura, Sho Komukai, Ling Zha, Masayo Komatsu, Yasuyoshi Kimura, Yasufumi Gon, Fumiko Murata, Megumi Maeda, Kosuke Kiyohara, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Haruhisa Fukuda","doi":"10.1002/gps.70036","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Anticholinergic drugs can cause cognitive impairment. The risk of dementia associated with anticholinergics compared to beta-3 agonists (mirabegron and vibegron) has not been extensively investigated in the super-aging society of Japan. This study evaluated the association between the dementia risk and anticholinergics compared to beta-3 agonists in older adults with overactive bladder in Japan.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study had 1,493,202 participants from the Longevity Improvement & Fair Evidence Study, which includes claim data in Japan from 2014 to 2022. The participants included 13,448 anticholinergic drug users and 24,669 beta-3 agonist users diagnosed with overactive bladder and aged ≥ 65 years. The Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to calculate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals being adjusted for confounding variables to evaluate the impact of anticholinergic drugs compared to beta-3 agonists prescribed at index date to patients with overactive bladder.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Among the beta-3 agonist and anticholinergic drug users, the mean (standard deviation) age was 78.9 (6.7) and 78.8 (7.0) years, and the percentage of men was 47.2% and 39.7%, respectively. In the beta-3 agonist group, 2130 participants were newly diagnosed with dementia during the 51,605 person-years of follow-up from the index date, whereas in the anticholinergic drug group, 1826 participants were diagnosed during the 34,929 person-years of follow-up. In the Cox proportional hazard regression model, there was an increased risk of dementia in the anticholinergic drug group compared to the beta-3 agonist group (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 1.22; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.15–1.30). The increased risk remained identical when Inverse Probability Weighting (IPW) model was used for the analysis (aHR = 1.19; 95% CI, 1.11–1.28).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Compared to beta-3 agonists, anticholinergic drugs are associated with an increased risk of dementia in older adults with overactive bladder, in Japan. These findings suggest that beta-3 agonists may have a lower risk of dementia than anticholinergics and have potential to be a good alternative opinion for older people with OAB, which warrants further study.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142914483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charlotte Morris, Roukia Techache, Katie Davies, Tom Blakeman, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Darren M. Ashcroft, Dame Louise Robinson
{"title":"Inequalities in the Quality and Safety of Post-Diagnostic Primary Care for People With Dementia: A Scoping Review","authors":"Charlotte Morris, Roukia Techache, Katie Davies, Tom Blakeman, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Darren M. Ashcroft, Dame Louise Robinson","doi":"10.1002/gps.70035","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70035","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>International guidelines make recommendations for the delivery of safe, high-quality primary care for people with dementia including prescribing, personalised care planning and regular holistic reviews. It is unclear how the quality and safety of this healthcare varies with socio-economic factors.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This scoping review aimed to understand the depth and breadth of existing evidence exploring socio-economic variation in the quality and safety of primary care for people with dementia.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Prescribing and care planning indicators of high-quality, safe primary care were defined from guidance. Composite and proxy markers of socio-economic status (SES) were defined. EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsychInfo, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, worldcat.org and clinicaltrial.gov databases were searched. Studies in English, on human participants from 2006 onwards were eligible. Narrative synthesis was conducted. Studies explored how one or more selected indicators (anti-dementia medication and anti-psychotic prescribing, potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP), medication review, dementia review or care planning) varied with a recognised marker of SES in people with dementia.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Searches identified 1980 studies after removing duplicates. 385 full texts were reviewed, with 53 eligible for inclusion (51 quantitative, 2 reviews). Most identified studies explored prescribing processes (50 quantitative, 2 reviews), with 2 exploring annual review.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>There was evidence of substantial disparity in quality and safety indicators in studies exploring prescribing; 20/29 (69%) of studies exploring anti-dementia medication prescribing found those with markers of lower SES were significantly less likely to receive these. 16/28 studies exploring PIP/Anti-psychotics found significant disparities in safe prescribing for those with markers of lower SES. Neither study exploring annual reviews found any significant differences across SES.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We found evidence of disparity in the quality and safety of post-diagnostic primary care for people with dementia based on SES, particularly for a range of prescribing indicators. Further work exploring inequalities in care planning and reviews for people with dementia is needed to understand","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"39 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11666866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142881988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Mini-Cog: A Community Screening Tool for Dementia in Indonesia","authors":"Yuda Turana, Nicolas Farina, Imelda Theresia, Tara Puspitarini Sani, Ika Suswanti, Fasihah Irfani Fitri, Emiliano Albanese, Adelina Comas-Herrera, Martin Knapp, Sube Banerjee","doi":"10.1002/gps.70033","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gps.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Early detection of dementia enables more effective planning and can enable access to treatment and support. The Mini-Cog is a widely used screening instrument in Indonesia; however, this instrument has never undergone a translation and cultural adaptation process. Currently, there is no data on how accurate the tool is against diagnostic criteria, particularly in low-education.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Embedded within the community-based dementia prevalence study was the Strengthening Responses to Dementia in Developing Countries (STRiDE) project; older adults (aged ≥ 65 years) were randomly recruited from sites in Jakarta and North Sumatra, Indonesia. All participants were asked to complete the Mini-Cog and the 10/66 short dementia diagnostic schedule. The accuracy of three Mini-Cog algorithms (Mini-Cog1, Mini-Cog2, and Mini-Cog3) were compared against and the 10/66 short dementia diagnostic schedule. Additional analysis explored its performance accuracy at different educational levels.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Mini-Cog test performance assessment was conducted on 2098 older adults</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The area under the curve (AUC) of Mini-Cog1, Mini-Cog2, and Mini-Cog3 receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves were 0.66, 0.62, and 0.64, respectively. All algorithms demonstrated high sensitivity (Sv) but low specificity (Sp). (Mini-Cog1: Sv 83.2%; Sp 49.2%, Mini-Cog2: Sv 87.1%; Sp 37.8% and Mini-Cog3: Sv 72.5%; Sp 56%). All algorithms showed no affected by education. Only 59.1% of people without dementia could do the CDT.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The high sensitivity of the Mini-Cog1 algorithm lends itself to screening purposes. Given that the specificity is still low, and less than 60% of patients without dementia can complete the CDT. Further research is needed, as is the development of screening instruments with high accuracy values in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Indonesia.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"39 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142835636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}