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2017 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures
The differences between typical age-related cognitive changes and signs of Alzheimer's can be subtle (, ). Just as individuals are different, so are the Alzheimer's symptoms they may experience. The most common initial symptom is a gradually worsening ability to remember new information. This occurs because the first neurons to be damaged and destroyed are usually in brain regions involved in forming new memories. As neurons in other parts of the brain are damaged and destroyed, individuals experience other difficulties, including neurobehavioral symptoms such as agitation, sleeplessness and delusions.. Alzheimer s & Dementia, 2017-03-14
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
This article describes the public health impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD), including incidence and prevalence, mortality rates, costs of care, and the overall impact on caregivers and society.
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APA 7th
difficulties, i. e. o., agitation, i. n. s. s. a., & delusions, s. a. (2017). 2017 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer s & Dementia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2017.02.001
Vancouver
difficulties ieo, agitation inssa, delusions sa. 2017 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 2017. doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2017.02.001.
BibTeX
@article{difficulties2017-f50ce595,
author = {difficulties, individuals experience other and agitation, including neurobehavioral symptoms such as and delusions, sleeplessness and},
title = {{2017 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures}},
journal = {Alzheimer s \& Dementia},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/j.jalz.2017.02.001},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2017.02.001}
}
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Key findings
- This article describes the public health impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD), including incidence and prevalence, mortality rates, costs of care, and the overall impact on caregivers and society.
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How this study scored 36/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 21 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 36 out of 100.
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Alzheimer s & Dementia) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2017 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 21 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 21 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 36 out of 100. |
| Total | 36 / 100 | — |
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