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A Recommended "Dementia Prevention and Treatment Action Plan" Task List for China: WHO Global Action Perspective [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023
As a major public health problem, dementia has attracted great global attention. Early detection and interventions targeting high-risk people of cognitive impairment, can help prevent the onset of dementia and postpone its progression. The rapid increase
YANG Haopeng, SUO Jingdong, SHEN Xianlei, WANG Dan, ZHU Xuemin, LIU Yuehua, LIANG Wannian
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Comparison of Cox proportional hazards regression and generalized Cox regression models applied in dementia risk prediction

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2020
Introduction The frequently used Cox regression applies two critical assumptions, which might not hold for all predictors. In this study, the results from a Cox regression model (CM) and a generalized Cox regression model (GCM) are compared. Methods Data
Jantje Goerdten, Isabelle Carrière, Graciela Muniz‐Terrera   +2 more
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Weights for ordinal analyses of the modified Rankin Scale in stroke trials: A population-based cohort study

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: Ordinal/shift analyses of ordered measures like the modified Rankin Scale(mRS) are underused as primary trial outcomes for neurological disorders – despite statistical advantages – potentially hindered by poor clinical interpretability versus
Aravind Ganesh, Ramon Luengo-Fernandez, Sarah T. Pendlebury, Peter M. Rothwell   +3 more
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Effect of Dementia Prevention Beliefs on Health Promoting Lifestyle in Chinese Adults [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023
Background The incidence of dementia is gradually increasing in China. Lifestyle is an important modifiable factor for dementia, and the health belief model can be widely used to explain and predict health-related behaviors.
LI Hua, ZHANG Jinying, WANG Li, YANG Tiantian, YANG Yanni
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Prediction of Cognitive Decline from White Matter Hyperintensity and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Alzheimer’s Disease

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
BackgroundWhile several studies support an association of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume and regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) with cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), no reports have simultaneously considered the effects of both ...
Ken-ichi Tabei, Ken-ichi Tabei, Hirotaka Kida, Tetsuo Hosoya, Masayuki Satoh, Hidekazu Tomimoto, Hidekazu Tomimoto   +6 more
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The Prevention of Dementia

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, 2001
AbstractObjectiveDementia is prevalent in older adults and the population is ageing. Many factors have been associated with dementia and anything that may aid the prevention of dementia is of importance.MethodThe literature in this area was evaluated and information relating to the various factors that may impact upon the prevention of dementia is ...
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Progression of Arterial Stiffness is Associated With Midlife Diastolic Blood Pressure and Transition to Late‐Life Hypertensive Phenotypes

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Hypertension‐associated cardiovascular events are particularly associated with elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) in late life, yet long‐term interactions between SBP, diastolic BP (DBP) and arterial stiffness in development of late‐life ...
Alastair John Stewart Webb
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Personalized nutrition for dementia prevention

Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2021
AbstractThe role of nutrition has been investigated for decades under the assumption of one‐size‐fits‐all. Yet there is heterogeneity in metabolic and neurobiological responses to diet. Thus a more personalized approach may better fit biological reality and have increased efficacy to prevent dementia. Personalized nutrition builds on the food exposome,
Samieri, Cecilia, Yassine, Hussein N., Melo van Lent, Debora, Lefevre Arbogast, Sophie, van de Rest, Ondine, Bowman, Gene L., Scarmeas, Nikolaos   +6 more
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Nutrition and prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia [PDF]

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2014
A nutritional approach to prevent, slow, or halt the progression of disease is a promising strategy that has been widely investigated. Much epidemiologic data suggests that nutritional intake may influence the development and progression of Alzheimer's dementia (AD). Modifiable, environmental causes of AD include potential metabolic derangements caused
Swaminathan, Arun, Jicha, Gregory A.
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‘We do things together’. A case study of ‘couplehood’ in dementia [PDF]

, 2005
The value of the single case study is well established in dementia care with the seminal contributions of Alzheimer and Kitwood being based on the study of individuals.
Hellström, Ingrid, Lundh, Ulla, Nolan, Mike, Hellström, Ingrid,, Lundh, Ulla,, Nolan, Mike,   +5 more
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