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JAMDA
February 22, 2017
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JAMDA
February 22, 2017
Prevalence of Pain in Nursing Home Residents: The Role of Dementia Stage and Dementia Subtypes
To study pain prevalence, pain type, and its pharmacological treatment in Dutch nursing home residents in relation to dementia subtype and dementia severity.
JAMDA
January 2, 2017
Sundown Syndrome, Sleep Quality, and Walking Among Community-Dwelling People With Alzheimer Disease
Sundown syndrome and sleep disturbances cause people with Alzheimer disease (PAD) and caregivers suffering. Studies have indicated that physical exercise could have a positive impact on sundown syndrome, yet no research has ever explored the relationship between walking and sundown syndrome. The aims of th...
JAMDA
December 30, 2016
Risk Factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and Mortality: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study
The nature and commonality of late-life risk factors for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, and mortality remain unclear. Our aim was to investigate potential risk factors, simultaneously in a single cohort including many individuals initially with normal cognition and followed for 6 years.
JAMDA
December 21, 2016
Reversible Cognitive Frailty, Dementia, and All-Cause Mortality. The Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Cognitive frailty, a condition describing the simultaneous presence of physical frailty and mild cognitive impairment, has been recently defined by an international consensus group. We estimated the predictive role of a “reversible” cognitive frailty model on incident dementia, its subtypes, and all-cause ...
JAMDA
November 30, 2016
Falls, Cognitive Impairment, and Gait Performance: Results From the GOOD Initiative
Falls are highly prevalent in individuals with cognitive decline. The complex relationship between falls and cognitive decline (including both subtype and severity of dementia) and the influence of gait disorders have not been studied. This study aimed to examine the association between the subtype (Alzhei...
JAMDA
November 18, 2016
Physical Exercise Helped to Maintain and Restore Functioning in Chinese Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A 5-Year Prospective Study of the Hong Kong Memory and Ageing Prospective Study (HK-MAPS)
This study investigated the potential of physical exercise habit as a lifestyle modification against cognitive and functional decline at the community level.
JAMDA
November 12, 2016
Risk of Hip Fracture in Benzodiazepine Users With and Without Alzheimer Disease
To investigate the association between benzodiazepine and related drug (BZDR) use and hip fracture as well as postfracture mortality and duration of hospital stay in community-dwellers with and without Alzheimer disease (AD).
JAMDA
October 31, 2016
Walking Aids Moderate Exercise Effects on Gait Speed in People With Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
To investigate the effects of exercise on gait speed, when tested using walking aids and without, and whether effects differed according to amount of support in the test.
JAMDA
October 6, 2016