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Use of multidimensional item response theory methods for dementia prevalence prediction: an example using the Health and Retirement Survey and the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2021
Background Data sparsity is a major limitation to estimating national and global dementia burden. Surveys with full diagnostic evaluations of dementia prevalence are prohibitively resource-intensive in many settings.
GBD 2019 Dementia Collaborators
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Anti-Inflammatory Actions of G-Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor 1 (GPER) and Brain-Derived Estrogen Following Cerebral Ischemia in Ovariectomized Rats

Biology, 2023
Global cerebral ischemia can elicit rapid innate neuroprotective mechanisms that protect against delayed neuronal death. Brain-derived 17β-estradiol (BDE2), an endogenous neuroprotectant, is synthesized from testosterone by the enzyme aromatase (Aro) and
Jing Xu, Jing Bai, Fujia Gao, Chao Xu, Yuanyuan Huang, Danyang Li, Lu Wang, Ruimin Wang   +7 more
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Hearing and vision care provided to older people residing in care homes: a cross-sectional survey of care home staff

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Hearing and vision loss in older people has been proven to affect physical and mental health and increase the speed of cognitive decline. Studies have demonstrated that certain practices and improved staff knowledge increase the effective care
Wendy Andrusjak, Ana Barbosa, Gail Mountain   +2 more
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Measuring cortical mean diffusivity to assess early microstructural cortical change in presymptomatic familial Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2020
Background There is increasing interest in improving understanding of the timing and nature of early neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and developing methods to measure this in vivo.
Philip S. J. Weston, Teresa Poole, Jennifer M. Nicholas, Nicolas Toussaint, Ivor J. A. Simpson, Marc Modat, Natalie S. Ryan, Yuying Liang, Martin N. Rossor, Jonathan M. Schott, Sebastien Ourselin, Hui Zhang, Nick C. Fox   +12 more
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An online, public health framework supporting behaviour change to reduce dementia risk: interim results from the ISLAND study linking ageing and neurodegenerative disease

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Unmanaged cardiometabolic health, low physical and cognitive activity, poor diet, obesity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are modifiable health risk factors for dementia and public health approaches to dementia prevention have been ...
Larissa Bartlett, Aidan Bindoff, Kathleen Doherty, Sarang Kim, Claire Eccleston, Alex Kitsos, Eddy Roccati, Jane Alty, Anna E. King, James C. Vickers   +9 more
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Staff experiences of implementing Dementia Care Mapping to improve the quality of dementia care in care homes: a qualitative process evaluation

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Dementia Care Mapping™ (DCM) is a widely used, staff-led, psychosocial intervention to support the implementation of person-centred care. Efficacy evaluations in care homes have produced mixed outcomes, with implementation problems identified.
Alys Wyn Griffiths, Olivia C. Robinson, Emily Shoesmith, Rachael Kelley, Claire A. Surr   +4 more
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Bilingualism Is Associated with a Delayed Onset of Dementia but Not with a Lower Risk of Developing it: a Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses. [PDF]

, 2020
Some studies have linked bilingualism with a later onset of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Not all studies have observed such relationships, however.
Brini, S., Fairchild, T. J., Forrest, M.R. L., Hebert, J. J., Hämäläinen, H., Karrasch, M., Laine, M., Martins, R. N., Peiffer, J. J., Sohrabi, H. R.   +9 more
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What Can Quantitative Gait Analysis Tell Us about Dementia and Its Subtypes? A Structured Review [PDF]

, 2017
Distinguishing dementia subtypes can be difficult due to similarities in clinical presentation. There is increasing interest in discrete gait characteristics as markers to aid diagnostic algorithms in dementia.
Galna, Brook, Mc Ardle, Ríona, Morris, Rosie, Rochester, Lynn, Thomas, Alan J., Wilson, Joanna   +5 more
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Finding a way: long-term care homes to support dementia [PDF]

, 2015
An ageing demographic has increased the number of people with dementia. Although dementia is commonly associated with memory loss, other early symptoms include difficulty with wayfinding.
Alzheimer's Society, Bell D, Bennett K, Brawley E, Brawley EC, Broady M, Burton E, Cathy Craig, Cliona Rooney, Cohen U, Cunningham C, Downs RM, DSDC (Dementia Services Development Centre), Hall ET, Karim Hadjri, Keith McAllister, Lynch K, Passini R, Utton D, Verity Faith, WHO (World Health Organisation)   +20 more
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Dementia Prevalence Estimates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparison of two Diagnostic Criteria. [PDF]

, 2013
We have previously reported the prevalence of dementia in older adults living in the rural Hai district of Tanzania according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) criteria.
Chaote, Paul, Dewhurst, Felicity, Dotchin, Catherine, Gray, William K, Jusabani, Ahmed M, Kalaria, Raj, Kisoli, Aloyce, Longdon, Anna R, Paddick, Stella-Maria, Walker, Richard   +9 more
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