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Malnutrition in community-dwelling adults with dementia (NutriAlz Trial)
Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess the nutritional status, measured by the MNA, in community-dwelling elderly individuals with dementia and to identify clinical risk factors for nutritional risk or malnutrition.; Design: Cross-sectional analysis of a cluster randomized clinical trial (Nutrialz).; Setting: Community-dwelling individuals attending dementia clinics.; Participants: 940 individuals.; Measurements: The clinical […]
Psychotropic drug consumption at admission and discharge of nursing home residents
Rolland, Yves,
Andrieu, Sandrine,
Crochard, Anne,
Goni, Sylvia,
Hein, Christophe,
Vellas, Bruno
Objectives: To quantify transitions of residents into or out of nursing homes (NHs) and to describe psychotropic drug prescription at admission and discharge and with regard to dementia diagnosis.; Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional, noninterventional study.; Setting: The setting included 300 NH in France.; Participants: Participants included 2231 NH residents.; Measurements: Participants reported the number, origin, […]
Cognitive assessment of elderly patients in the emergency department: a comparison between standard tools, medical records and physicians’ perception
Rodríguez-Molinero, Alejandro,
López-Diéguez, María,
Pérez Medina, Iñaki,
Tabuenca, Ana I.,
De La Cruz, Juan J.,
Banegas, José R.
Introduction: We evaluated the accuracy of physician recognition of cognitive impairment in elderly patients in emergency departments (ED). In particular, we evaluated the accuracy of the subjective impression of the physician on patients’ cognition (a comparison of the information obtained from the responsible physician with the S-IQCODE, a cognitive impairment screening test), and the accuracy […]
Application of immunosignatures to the assessment of Alzheimer’s disease
Objective: Accurate assessment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), both presymptomatically and at different disease stages, will become increasingly important with the expanding elderly population. There are a number of indications that the immune system is engaged in AD. Here we explore the ability of an antibody-profiling technology to characterize AD and screen for peptides that may […]
Accelerated cognitive decline in patients with type 2 diabetes: MRI correlates and risk factors
Reijmer, Yael D.,
van den Berg, Esther,
de Bresser, Jeroen,
Kessels, Roy P. C.,
Kappelle, L. Jaap,
Algra, Ale,
Biessels, Geert Jan
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. We examined brain imaging correlates and vascular and metabolic risk factors of accelerated cognitive decline in patients with type 2 diabetes.; Methods: Cognitive functioning and brain volume as well as metabolic and vascular risk factors were assessed twice in […]
Screening by telephone in the Alzheimer’s disease anti-inflammatory prevention trial
Reckess, Gila Z.,
Brandt, Jason,
Luis, Cheryl A.,
Zandi, Peter,
Martin, Barbara,
Breitner, John C. S.
Compared with in-person assessment methods, telephone screening for dementia and other cognitive syndromes may improve efficiency of large population studies or prevention trials. We used data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-Inflammatory Prevention Trial to compare performance of a four-test Telephone Assessment Battery (TAB) that included the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) to that of […]
Validation of a cognitive assessment battery administered over the telephone
Rapp, Stephen R.,
Legault, Claudine,
Espeland, Mark A.,
Resnick, Susan M.,
Hogan, Patricia E.,
Coker, Laura H.,
Dailey, Maggie,
Shumaker, Sally A.
Objectives: To evaluate the validity and reliability of a cognitive test battery and questionnaires administered by telephone.; Design: Observational study; 110 participants randomly assigned to receive two administrations of the same cognitive test battery 6 months apart in one of four combinations (Time 1 administration/Time 2 administration): telephone/telephone, telephone/face to face, face to face/telephone, face […]