{"title":"Association of falls with risk of dementia and all-cause mortality: a cohort study of Japanese older adults with a 9-year follow-up.","authors":"Xiangbin Zhong, Keyang Liu, Yao Yao, Honglin Cai, Baoqing Huang, Xiaojing Yuan, Kokoro Shirai, Katsunori Kondo, Liqi Guan, Qiqing Chen, Xinlei Wang, Yuting Li","doi":"10.1007/s41999-024-01149-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-024-01149-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Many risk factors affect dementia and all-cause mortality. However, whether falls are a risk factor for dementia and all-cause mortality is unclear. The study examines the association of falls with the risk of dementia and all-cause mortality, and whether dementia mediates the association of falls with all-cause mortality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were taken from the Japanese Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) with a 9-year follow-up. Falls information was collected through a questionnaire and categorized into no falls, single and multiple falls. Dementia and all-cause mortality data were obtained from the long-term care insurance (LTCI) system. The Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs), and causal mediation analysis (CMA) was used to assess the mediating effects of dementia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 52,076 participants were included in the study. Compared to participants with no falls, participants with single and multiple falls had an increased risk of dementia (single fall, HRs = 1.18, 95% CIs 1.12-1.24; multiple falls, HRs = 1.66, 95% CIs 1.56-1.77) and all-cause mortality (single fall, HRs = 1.09, 95% CIs 1.04-1.15; multiple falls, HRs = 1.34, 95% CIs 1.26-1.43), and the risk increased with the number of falls (P for trend < 0.01). In addition, dementia significantly mediated the association between falls and risk of all-cause mortality (NIE: HRs = 1.02, 95% CIs 1.00-1.04, PM = 15.0%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Falls are associated with the risk of dementia and all-cause mortality. Dementia has important mediating effects in the association between falls and the risk of all-cause mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"645-654"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142985203","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":"Accuracy of determining gait independence using adductor pollicis muscle thickness and skeletal muscle mass index in community-dwelling older adults undergoing outpatient rehabilitation.","authors":"Taisei Ishimoto, Takehiro Fujimoto, Ken Hisamatsu, Nozomi Matsudaira, Hikaru Hayashi, Risako Hashimoto, Yoshio Toyota, Naoki Akazawa","doi":"10.1007/s41999-024-01145-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-024-01145-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The accuracy of determining gait independence using adductor pollicis muscle thickness (APMT) and skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) in community-dwelling older adults undergoing outpatient rehabilitation remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of determining gait independence using APMT and SMI in community-dwelling older adults undergoing outpatient rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study included 98 older adults (mean age: 85.2 years). Participants received outpatient rehabilitation one to three times a week. The main outcomes were gait independence (functional independence measure gait score: 6 or 7), skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), and APMT. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of APMT and SMI for gait independence were created, and cut-off values were calculated using the Youden index. Additionally, the area under the curve (AUC) s of the APMT model and the SMI model were compared using the Delong test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 98 participants (male; 19, female; 79), 53 (54.1%) were in the gait independent group. The cut-off value of APMT calculated from the ROC curve was 13 mm; the sensitivity and specificity were 67.9% and 86.7%, respectively; and the AUC was 0.800. The cut-off value of SMI calculated from the ROC curve was 4.6 kg/m<sup>2</sup>; the sensitivity and specificity were 90.6% and 26.7%, respectively; and the AUC was 0.582. The AUC for the APMT model was significantly higher than the SMI model (P < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of this study show that the cut-off value of APMT for determining the gait independence was 13 mm. In addition, APMT had a higher accuracy of determining gait independence than SMI. This indicates that measuring APMT is more useful for predicting gait independence than SMI in community-dwelling older adults undergoing outpatient rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"615-623"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142933230","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":"Systemic inflammation is associated with gut microbiota diversity in post-stroke patients.","authors":"Yoshihiro Yoshimura, Hidetaka Wakabayashi, Fumihiko Nagano, Ayaka Matsumoto, Sayuri Shimazu, Ai Shiraishi, Yoshifumi Kido, Takahiro Bise, Takenori Hamada, Kouki Yoneda, Keisuke Maeda","doi":"10.1007/s41999-025-01159-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-025-01159-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is growing interest in gut microbiota and health outcomes. However, the relationship between systemic inflammation and gut microbiota diversity in hospitalized patients remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association in post-stroke rehabilitation patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted on post-stroke patients admitted to a rehabilitation hospital. Systemic inflammation was assessed using the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS). Gut microbiota diversity was evaluated using three indices: Shannon index, Operational Taxonomic Unit (OTU) richness, and Faith's Phylogenetic Diversity (PD). Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to examine the relationship between mGPS and gut microbiota diversity indices, adjusting for potential confounders.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 156 patients (mean age 78.4 years; 55.7% men) were analyzed. The median mGPS was 0 (interquartile range: 0-1), with GPS distribution: 61.8% scored 0, 25.7% scored 1, and 12.5% scored 2. After adjusting for confounders, mGPS was significantly and negatively associated with the Shannon index (B = -0.143, 95% CI -0.288 to -0.002, β = -0.177) and OTU richness (B = -17.832, 95% CI -24.349 to -3.951, β = -0.208). However, no significant association was observed between mGPS and Faith's PD (B = -1.155, 95% CI -2.464 to 0.189, β = -0.155).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study demonstrates a significant negative association between systemic inflammation and both quantitative and qualitative gut microbiota diversity in post-stroke patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"689-699"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143400398","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":"Harmonious ageing: a narrative review of music therapy in the biomedical literature.","authors":"Shaz Raja, Ciara Barry, Rohit Upadhyay, Rana Alash, Méabh O'Raghallaigh, Róisín Hayes, Roman Romero-Ortuno","doi":"10.1007/s41999-024-01146-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-024-01146-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>As the global population of older adults rises, the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) advocates for disease prevention, management, and enhancing overall wellbeing in older adults. We reviewed the MEDLINE literature under the MeSH term \"music therapy\" (MT), for its role in promoting healthy ageing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search of the MEDLINE biomedical database (Ovid) was conducted using \"MT\" and \"Ageing\" as keywords, retrieving relevant full-text studies in English. Preference was given to more recent studies with higher levels of evidence. The studies were categorised according to the biopsychosocial framework into physical, cognitive and social domains, and further subcategorised based on their relevance to disease prevention and management.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The initial search identified 1147 articles, of which 75 met inclusion criteria. Studies encompassed both MT and music interventions delivered by non-music therapists. Overall, studies showed benefits in the promotion of physical health, including enhancing exercise capacity and improving fitness among older adults. Results were promising in managing conditions such as Parkinson's disease and frailty. In the area of brain health, studies showed cognitive benefits, particularly in attention and processing speed among older adults. Socially, there was evidence of enhanced quality of life, reduced anxiety and depression, and improved social engagement, including in people living with dementia, underscoring the role of music in fostering emotional connections and mitigating caregiver stress.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>MT and interventions can enhance biopsychosocial health outcomes in older adults. Research should prioritise isolating MT's specific effects, standardising definitions and methodologies, and exploring therapeutic mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"461-472"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12014829/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142928557","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}
Regina Roller-Wirnsberger, Carolin Herzog, Sonja Lindner-Rabl, Mathias Schlögl, Maddalena Illario, Maria Cristina Polidori, Katrin Singler
{"title":"Teaching Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in medical education: a scoping review.","authors":"Regina Roller-Wirnsberger, Carolin Herzog, Sonja Lindner-Rabl, Mathias Schlögl, Maddalena Illario, Maria Cristina Polidori, Katrin Singler","doi":"10.1007/s41999-025-01157-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-025-01157-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To gather and summarize evidence on educational and training formats for medical doctors in performing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in under- and postgraduate medical education.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive literature review was conducted using the databases Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane and Embase to identify educational intervention studies and cohort studies related to CGA education and training for medical professionals. Additional references were incorporated through reference tracking. Studies included were then grouped according to competence level addressed during CGA trainings to create a current competence-based framework on educational tools to teach CGA to medical students and doctors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty eligible studies were identified, with 42 addressing the full implementation of CGA and 18 focusing on specific CGA domains. High variability in duration, intervention design and evaluation methods was consistently observed across the included studies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings underscore the need for further coordinated research in CGA education and training to consolidate evidence and pave the way to more innovative, high-quality healthcare systems capable of addressing the complexities of an aging society.</p>","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"425-433"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12014708/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143574365","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 relationship between depression and cardiovascular disease in older people: results from a large-scale epidemiological cohort study in Japan.","authors":"Kaoruko Komuro, Jin Komuro, Hidehiro Kaneko, Yuta Suzuki, Akira Okada, Katsuhito Fujiu, Norifumi Takeda, Hiroyuki Morita, Koichi Node, Hideo Yasunaga, Issei Komuro, Masaki Ieda, Norihiko Takeda","doi":"10.1007/s41999-024-01128-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-024-01128-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression is known to be associated with a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) in middle-aged people. However, it is not certain how depression would influence incident CVD in older people aged ≥ 75 years. We investigated the association between depression and CVD in older people.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed 146,085 individuals aged ≥ 75 years including 7581 individuals (5.2%) with depression registered in the DeSC database from April 2014 to November 2022. We excluded those with a prior history of CVD. The incidence of composite CVD events, comprising ischemic heart disease (IHD), heart failure, and stroke was documented. A Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was conducted to estimate hazard ratios (HR) associated with the presence of depression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median age was 79 years and 41.0% were men. During the mean follow-up period of 3.4 ± 1.5 years, 39,552 composite CVD events (IHD: n = 10,916; heart failure: n = 26,719; stroke: n = 13,090) were recorded. Multivariable Cox regression analyses showed that older individuals with depression had a greater risk of composite CVD events than those without (hazard ratio [HR] 1.29, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.24-1.34). The HR (95% CI) of depression was 1.26 (1.17-1.37) for IHD, 1.25 (1.19-1.31) for heart failure, and 1.30 (1.21-1.39) for stroke, respectively. While considering the limitations of real-world data, we conducted multiple sensitivity analyses, which confirmed the results of the primary analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The presence of depression was independently associated with a greater risk of developing CVD even in older individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"673-680"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143076114","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":"Hippocratic considerations about statin treatment for patients over 75 years of age.","authors":"Timo E Strandberg, Athanase Benetos","doi":"10.1007/s41999-025-01160-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-025-01160-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"393-395"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143391947","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}
Francesco Palmese, Ylenia Druda, Vittoria Benintende, Domenico Fuda, Marcello Sicbaldi, Paola Di Florio, Abdul Haleem Butt, Giorgio Bedogni, Lorenzo Chiari, Alessandro Silvani, Marco Domenicali
{"title":"Wearable sensors for monitoring caregivers of people with dementia: a scoping review.","authors":"Francesco Palmese, Ylenia Druda, Vittoria Benintende, Domenico Fuda, Marcello Sicbaldi, Paola Di Florio, Abdul Haleem Butt, Giorgio Bedogni, Lorenzo Chiari, Alessandro Silvani, Marco Domenicali","doi":"10.1007/s41999-024-01113-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-024-01113-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Caregivers of people with dementia often face a demanding care burden that may lead to adverse physical and psychological outcomes. Wearable sensors are becoming a valuable tool for preventive care. We aimed to provide the first systematic map of the published evidence on the use of wearable sensors to monitor caregivers of people with dementia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We developed a scoping review protocol following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. The searches were conducted on PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycInfo, and IEEE.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 1394 articles and selected 37 reports. Sleep measures were the outcome most frequently evaluated (28/37). Among these reports, eight assessed the effectiveness of different interventions targeting both caregivers and care-receivers and found no improvement in caregivers' sleep; three compared the sleep of caregivers of people with dementia with controls, with conflicting results; five focused on depressive symptoms; and four associated these symptoms with shorter sleep duration and greater sleep fragmentation and sleep latency. A single device was used in 33 reports and sensors were most commonly placed at the wrist (33/37). Most studies monitored caregivers for 1 or more weeks (27/37).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Wearable sensors were mainly used to monitor sleep in informal caregivers of people with dementia based on wrist accelerometry for 1 or more weeks, with conflicting results. There is a need for targeted studies with adequate control groups to identify factors associated with sleep alterations in informal and formal caregivers of people with dementia, leveraging multi-sensor setups with the inclusion of autonomic nervous system metrics.</p>","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"473-483"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12014814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142774009","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}
Helal B Alqurashi, Tahir Masud, Adam Lee Gordon, Mathew Piasecki, Dominic O'Connor, Katie Robinson, John R F Gladman
{"title":"Feasibility within-subject RCT of neuromuscular electrical stimulation; an Intervention to Maintain and improve neuroMuscular function during period of Immobility (IMMI).","authors":"Helal B Alqurashi, Tahir Masud, Adam Lee Gordon, Mathew Piasecki, Dominic O'Connor, Katie Robinson, John R F Gladman","doi":"10.1007/s41999-024-01133-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-024-01133-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is a potentially effective intervention to improve outcomes after a fragility fracture, but its feasibility in this group has not been established.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A feasibility study was conducted in two phases: 1) in the hospital only, and 2) hospital, rehabilitation centres, and participants' homes. Patients with fragility fracture were randomised to receive NMES for 6 weeks/discharge either to the right or left leg, with the other leg serving as control. Patients who had no mobility issues had contraindications to NMES and were unable to give consent were excluded. NMES was applied to quadriceps and tibialis anterior muscles for 30 min, 3 days/week. Sessions were progressed to achieve 60 min, 5-7 days/week. Feasibility outcomes included participant characteristics, recruitment rate, tolerability, and number of NMES sessions. Clinical outcomes included muscle strength, and ADL at six months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 1052 patients were identified, of whom 113 (11%) were eligible, and 29 (3%) were recruited (median Clinical Frailty Score 3, median Barthel ADL score 93/100). The recruitment rate was 0.45/week in phase 1 and 0.9/week in phase 2. Fifty-three percent achieved the target of 24 NMES sessions. However, 5/29 withdrew due to intolerance of NMES. Leg muscle strength improved in both treated and untreated legs, with marginally greater improvement observed in the tibialis anterior of treated legs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although it would be feasible to evaluate the specific effect of NMES in fragility fracture patients in a multi-centre trial using home-based NMES, this would be possible only in a minority of mildly frail fragility fracture patients with little premorbid disability.</p>","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"635-643"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12014770/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142957600","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}
Ruotong Liu, Katherine Peak, Em Trubits, Ana R Quiñones
{"title":"Caregiving outcomes among informal caregivers of persons with multimorbidity and dementia: a scoping review.","authors":"Ruotong Liu, Katherine Peak, Em Trubits, Ana R Quiñones","doi":"10.1007/s41999-024-01150-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41999-024-01150-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>An emerging field of research involves caregiving outcomes for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) and co-occurring multimorbidity (ADRD-multimorbidity). This scoping review aims to assess and synthesize the body of literature on caregiving outcomes among informal caregivers of individuals with ADRD-multimorbidity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We adhered to the scoping review framework by Arksey and O'Malley (2005) and Levac and colleagues (2010), which encompassed five steps: (1) identify the research question(s), delineate the inclusion and exclusion criteria, (2) search for relevant studies, (3) select studies, (4) chart the data, and (5) collate, summarize, and report results. Electronic databases including Ovid Medline, CINAHL, Embase, and PsycINFO were employed to identify relevant studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1,856 articles were identified and 29 were included in the final review. The majority of studies were quantitative, cross-sectional studies. The two most commonly examined caregiving outcomes were caregiver burden and psychological well-being. Most research on caregiver outcomes treated care recipients' cognitive impairment and chronic conditions separately, rather than exploring their interaction. Most studies examining caregiver burden utilized Zarit Burden Index and its variants. Specific psychological well-being outcomes displayed great variability across studies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite challenges in synthesizing the extensive variability in the way cognitive status, ADRD-multimorbidity, and caregiving outcomes were measured, included, and reported, this review underscores the intricate challenges of caregiving, especially when dealing with both cognitive impairments and co-occurring chronic conditions. This complexity underscores the need for a deeper understanding of the diverse needs facing caregivers of people with ADRD-multimorbidity.</p>","PeriodicalId":49287,"journal":{"name":"European Geriatric Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"485-524"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143460378","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}