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Adaptive cognitive testing in cerebrovascular disease and vascular dementia
Wouters, Hans,
de Koning, Inge,
Zwinderman, Aeilko H.,
van Gool, Willem A.,
Schmand, Ben,
Buiter, Maarten,
Lindeboom, Robert
Background/aims: To examine whether brevity can be combined with precision in measuring global cognitive ability in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) or vascular dementia (VaD). Longer tests (e.g. the CAMCOG) are precise but inefficient, whereas brief tests (e.g. the MMSE) are efficient but imprecise.; Methods: A simulated computerized adaptive testing (CAT) algorithm using existing CAMCOG […]
Detecting frontotemporal dysfunction in ALS: utility of the ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS)
Woolley, Susan C.,
York, Michele K.,
Moore, Dan H.,
Strutt, Adriana M.,
Murphy, Jennifer,
Schulz, Paul E.,
Katz, Jonathan S.
Up to half of patients with ALS develop cognitive impairment during the course of the illness. Despite this, there is no simple tool for screening patients in the clinical setting. This study examines the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS). We administered the measure to 112 ALS patients, including 31 […]
Walking stabilizes cognitive functioning in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) across one year
Winchester, J.,
Dick, M.B.,
Gillen, D.,
Reed, B.,
Miller, B.,
Tinklenberg, J.,
Mungas, D.,
Chui, H.,
Galasko, D.,
Hewett, L.,
Cotman, C.W.
AD is a public health epidemic, which seriously impacts cognition, mood and daily activities; however, one type of activity, exercise, has been shown to alter these states. Accordingly, we sought to investigate the relationship between exercise and mood, in early-stage AD patients (N=104) from California, over a 1-year period. Patients completed the Mini-Mental State Examination […]
The long-term efficacy and tolerability of donepezil in patients with vascular dementia
Wilkinson, David,
Róman, Gustavo,
Salloway, Stephen,
Hecker, Jane,
Boundy, Karyn,
Kumar, Dinesh,
Posner, Holly,
Schindler, Rachel
Objective: To determine the long-term tolerability and efficacy of donepezil in patients with vascular dementia (VaD).; Methods: International, multicentre, open-label, 30-week extension study of two 24-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies. Participants were ambulatory adults (59% female; mean age, 74.7 +/- 0.3) with a diagnosis of possible or probable VaD and without a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s […]
A brief clinical tool to assess physical function: the mini-physical performance test
The aim was to develop a brief physical performance assessment tool that can be reliably used to detect physical impairment in older adults with and without mild dementia. Scores on the 9-item physical performance test (PPT) from non-demented participants were used to develop and validate the 4-item mini-PPT. The validated mini-PPT was then used to […]
The northwestern anagram test: measuring sentence production in primary progressive aphasia
Weintraub, S.,
Mesulam, M.-M.,
Wieneke, C.,
Rademaker, A.,
Rogalski, E. J.,
Thompson, C. K.
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical dementia syndrome with early symptoms of language dysfunction. Postmortem findings are varied and include Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), both tauopathies and TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43) proteinopathies. Clinical-pathological correlations in PPA are complex but the presence in the clinical profile of agrammatism has a high […]
Comparison of patient therapy adherence of two structural different memory clinics
Weih, M,
Sulimma, A.-K,
Lehfeld, H,
Niklewski, G,
Sonnenberg, M,
Richter-Schmidinger, T,
Alexopoulos, P,
Gräßel, E,
Kornhuber, J
There are more than 100 memory clinics established in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland. We compared the impact of the structure of two German memory clinics (Erlangen and Nuremberg) on therapeutic outcome. 483 patients suffering from dementia with indication for antidementive therapy were included in this study. The data ascertainment included patient-related data, the mini […]
Longitudinal assessment of psychotherapeutic day hospital treatment for neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia
Weber, Kerstin,
Meiler-Mititelu, Corina,
Herrmann, François Robert,
Delaloye, Christophe,
Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon,
Canuto, Alessandra
Objective: Behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) of dementia are associated with more rapid cognitive deterioration as well as increased caregiver stress. The effectiveness of psychiatric day hospital care for this condition remains disputed. We report here the assessment of a psychotherapeutic day hospital program in a series of elderly people with dementia and concomitant BPSD.; […]
Midlife cardiovascular risk factors and late cognitive impairment
Virta, Jyri J.,
Heikkilä, Kauko,
Perola, Markus,
Koskenvuo, Markku,
Räihä, Ismo,
Rinne, Juha O.,
Kaprio, Jaakko
Cardiovascular risk factors increase the risk of dementia in later life. The aims of the current study were to assess the effect of multiple midlife cardiovascular risk factors on the risk of cognitive impairment in later life, and to assess the validity of the previously suggested CAIDE Study risk score predicting dementia risk 20 years later. […]