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Newest in this topic

  1. Prevalence of dementia among community-dwelling older adults in rural Uganda: findings from DEPEND Uganda (Dementia Epidemiology, unmet need and co-developing solutions in Uganda) 2026-09-23
  2. Cognition in Whitehall II 'SuperAgers': An Analysis of Dementia Risk Factors 2026-09-14
  3. A National Survey Exploring Dementia Diagnostics and Care Provisions in Primary Care in England 2026-09-12

Studies

1,246 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1968 to 2026

Top journals

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 76
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 52
  • Neurology 40
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 37
  • International journal of geriatric psychiatry 26

493 journals in all.

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  1. Psychodrama with persons with dementia on zoom: Proof of concept

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Dementia (London, England) 2022-03-04 Health systems and care delivery

    COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns created a global public health crisis generating mental health problems including social isolation, stress, and anxiety especially for persons with dementia and their carers.

  2. Addressing the disparities in dementia risk, early detection and care in Latino populations: Highlights from the second Latinos & Alzheimer's Symposium

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2022-02-24 Disparities

    The Alzheimer's Association hosted the second Latinos & Alzheimer's Symposium in May 2021.

  3. Identification of cognitively impaired patients at risk for development of Alzheimer’s disease dementia: an analysis of US Medicare claims data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 2022-02-24 Health systems and care delivery

    Predictors of an AD dementia diagnosis included age (odds ratio [OR], 1.71) and use of antipsychotics (OR, 2.50) and hypertension medication (OR, 1.25).

  4. Applications of artificial intelligence to aid early detection of dementia: A scoping review on current capabilities and future directions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of biomedical informatics 2022-02-17 Digital health tools

    Seventy percent of cases are due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology and there is a 10-20 year 'pre-clinical' period before significant cognitive decline occurs.

  5. Site of death among individuals with and without dementia in 2016–2018

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022-02-17 Health systems and care delivery

    Individuals living with dementia often have limited capacity to express their care preferences at the final stage of life, and therefore, are at risk of receiving end-of-life care that may not align with their preferences.1 While most people prefer to be at home in their final days of life,2 research has shown that individuals with dementia are less likely to die in a home or community setting compared to those without dementia.3, 4 Studies also suggest that the percentage of individuals with dementia who died in a home or community setting has been increasing over time.5, 6 This study sought to update the literature by examining the association between dementia status and site of death, and by comparing the trends in site of death between decedents with and without dementia using recent national data.

  6. Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia: A Report From the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Circulation 2022-01-31 Vascular contributions

    Growing evidence suggests a consistent association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and cognitive impairment and dementia that is independent of clinical stroke.

  7. Relational Design for Dementia and Job Significance (ReDeSign): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of an online dementia training for retail workers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2022-01-20 Risk factors

    ReDeSign provides dementia training to convenience store workers and contributes to developing an inclusive community for people with dementia.

  8. Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. The Lancet. Public health 2022-01-06 Caregiving

    Projected increases in cases could largely be attributed to population growth and population ageing, although their relative importance varied by world region, with population growth contributing most to the increases in sub-Saharan Africa and population ageing contributing most to the increases in east Asia.

  9. Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. The Lancet Public Health 2022-01-06 How common it is

    Using worldwide health data, researchers project that the number of people living with dementia will nearly triple by 2050, from about 57 million in 2019 to about 153 million.

  10. Dementia diagnosis and utilization patterns in a racially diverse population within an integrated health care delivery system

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 2022-01-01 Health systems and care delivery

    ADRD prevalence was 5.5%. A total of 25,278 individuals had an incident ADRD code (rate: 1.2%) over the study period-nearly half during a hospital-based encounter.

  11. Education, Occupational Complexity, and Incident Dementia: A COSMIC Collaborative Cohort Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2022 Prevention and risk

    Using datasets from a wide range of geographical regions, we found that both early life education and adulthood occupational complexity were independently predictive of dementia.

  12. Geographic Variation in Inpatient Care Utilization, Outcomes and Costs for Dementia Patients Aged 65 Years or Older — China, 2017–2019

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. China CDC Weekly 2022-01-01 Risk factors

    What is already known about this topic?: Dementia leads public health issues worldwide.

  13. Medicare's Annual Wellness Visit and diagnoses of dementias and cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2022-01-01 Risk factors

    Beneficiaries included 2,713,573 White, 251,958 Black, 196,845 Hispanic, 95,719 Asian, 11,727 American Indian/Alaska Native, and 63,795 of other race/ethnicity.

  14. Representation of Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations in Dementia Prevention Trials: A Systematic Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2022-01-01 Disparities

    Despite older racial and ethnic minorities (REMs) being more likely to develop dementia they are underrepresented in clinical trials focused on neurological disorders.

  15. Diet and Dementia: A Prospective Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Nutrients 2021-12-16 Prevention trials

    Whether dietary and nutrition and dietary patterns are associated with the development of dementia is an interesting research question.

  16. Dementia care in diverse older adults in the Deep South and the rest of the United States

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2021-12-01 Risk factors

    ADRD specialist and drug utilization is relatively low in both DS and non‐DS, with no significant R/E differences.

  17. Dementia diagnosis patterns in a racially diverse population within an integrated health delivery system

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2021-12-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Nearly half of the incident ADRD codes were associated with a hospital‐based encounter.

  18. Evidence and implications of abnormal predictive coding in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2021-12-01 Digital health tools

    The diversity of cognitive deficits and neuropathological processes associated with dementias has encouraged divergence in pathophysiological explanations of disease.

  19. Frailty and Dementia: Differences in Health Care Utilization and Costs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Innovation in Aging 2021-12-01 Risk factors

    Frailty and dementia are associated with poor health outcomes and increased health care utilization.

  20. Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Progression to Dementia in Memory Clinic Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. JAMA network open 2021-12-01 Digital health tools

    These findings suggest that machine learning algorithms could accurately predict incident dementia within 2 years in patients receiving care at memory clinics using only 6 variables.

  21. Predictors of Disenrollment Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries With Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 29 out of 100. Innovation in Aging 2021-12-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Medicare enrollment among people with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) has reached an all-time high with about 12% of beneficiaries having an ADRD diagnosis.

  22. Impact of herpes zoster vaccination on incident dementia: A retrospective study in two patient cohorts

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. PloS one 2021-11-17 Disparities

    HZ vaccination is associated with reduced risk of dementia.

  23. Common pathways in dementia and diabetic retinopathy: understanding the mechanisms of diabetes-related cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM 2021-11-15 Disease mechanisms

    Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with multiple comorbidities, including diabetic retinopathy (DR) and cognitive decline, and T2D patients have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  24. Multi-domain interventions for the prevention of dementia and cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 84 out of 100. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2021-11-08 Prevention trials

    Data collection and analysis We initially screened search results using a 'crowdsourcing' method in which members of Cochrane's citizen science platform identify RCTs.

  25. Development of the First WHO Guidelines for Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2021-10-26 Prevention trials

    The first WHO guidelines for risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia marked an important milestone in the field of dementia prevention.

  26. Future projections of the prevalence of dementia in Japan: results from the Toyama Dementia Survey

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2021-10-26 Disparities

    Over the next 25 years, the prevalence of dementia in people older than 65 years is projected to exceed 25% nationwide, including metropolitan areas.

  27. Changing demography and the challenge of dementia in India

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neurology 2021-10-18 Disparities

    In India, increasing lifespan and decreasing fertility rates have resulted in a growing number of older persons.

  28. Multidomain interventions: state-of-the-art and future directions for protocols to implement precision dementia risk reduction. A user manual for Brain Health Services-part 4 of 6

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2021-10-11 Prevention trials

    Multidomain intervention studies conducted so far appear to have mixed results and substantial variability in target populations, format and intensity of interventions, choice of control conditions, and outcome measures.

  29. Dementia in Africa: Current evidence, knowledge gaps, and future directions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2021-09-27 Caregiving

    In tandem with the ever-increasing aging population in low and middle-income countries, the burden of dementia is rising on the African continent.

  30. We aimed to inform planning by assessing intrinsic capacity prevalence, by characterising the target group, and by validating the general approach-testing hypotheses that DIC was consistently associated with higher risks of incident dependence and death.

  31. Global Prevalence of Young-Onset Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2021-09-01 How common it is

    A total of 95 unique studies were included in this systematic review, of which 74 with 2 760 379 unique patients were also included in 5-year age band meta-analyses.

  32. Global Prevalence of Young-Onset Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. JAMA Neurology 2021-09 How common it is

    This large meta-analysis pooled dozens of studies to estimate how many people under age 65 are living with dementia worldwide.

  33. Detection of dementia on voice recordings using deep learning: a Framingham Heart Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2021-08-31 Digital health tools

    This proof-of-concept study demonstrates that automated deep learning-driven processing of audio recordings of neuropsychological testing performed on individuals recruited within a community cohort setting can facilitate dementia screening.

  34. Dementia Care in Diverse Older Adults in the U.S. Deep South and the Rest of the United States

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2021-08-24 Risk factors

    Across racial/ethnic groups, 33%-43% in DS and 43%-50% in non-DS used specialists; 47%-55% in DS and 41%-48% in non-DS used ADRD drugs.

  35. Smart Home Sensing and Monitoring in Households With Dementia: User-Centered Design Approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. JMIR aging 2021-08-11 Digital health tools

    A thematic analysis revealed factors that motivate household members to use these technologies.

  36. Dementia Diagnosis Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Medical care 2021-08-01 Disparities

    When diagnosed, non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics may have more advanced dementia.

  37. Diagnostic contribution and therapeutic perspectives of transcranial magnetic stimulation in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 2021-07-20 Mild cognitive impairment

    Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a powerful tool to probe in vivo brain circuits, as it allows to assess several cortical properties such asexcitability, plasticity and connectivity in humans.

  38. Change in CAIDE Dementia Risk Score and Neuroimaging Biomarkers During a 2-Year Multidomain Lifestyle Randomized Controlled Trial: Results of a Post-Hoc Subgroup Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2021-07-01 Prevention trials

    The CAIDE (Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia) Risk Score is a validated tool estimating dementia risk.

  39. Impact of dementia: Health disparities, population trends, care interventions, and economic costs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021-07-01 Disparities

    Significant research gaps remain.

  40. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Dementia Caregivers' Well-Being

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. The Gerontologist 2021-07-01 Disparities

    Random-effects models revealed small but statistically significant effects with better psychological well-being in African American caregivers compared with white caregivers in both population-based (d = -0.22) and convenience sample studies (d = -0.21).

  41. Assessment of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Timeliness and Comprehensiveness of Dementia Diagnosis in California

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2021-06-01 Caregiving

    These findings highlight substantial disparities in the timeliness and comprehensiveness of dementia diagnosis.

  42. Emerging Concepts in Vascular Dementia: A Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 2021-05-29 Digital health tools

    This review should serve as a compendium of updated information on VaD and provide guidance in terms of newer diagnostic and potential therapeutic approaches.

  43. Using data linkage for national surveillance of clinical quality indicators for dementia care among Australian aged care users

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Scientific Reports 2021-05-21 Risk factors

    Care quality has important implications for people with dementia.

  44. Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and apathy symptoms across dementia stages: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2021-05-04 Caregiving

    Depression, anxiety, and apathy symptoms are highly prevalent across dementia stages.

  45. Recurrent delirium over 12 months predicts dementia: results of the Delirium and Cognitive Impact in Dementia (DECIDE) study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Age and ageing 2021-05-01 Clinical safety

    Delirium increases risk of future cognitive decline and dementia, independent of illness severity and baseline cognition, with more episodes associated with worse cognitive outcomes.

  46. Changes in the agreement between the Minimum Data Set and hospital Medicare claims measures of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021-04-30 Health systems and care delivery

    The agreement between the two measures of dementia differed by age: in 2017, 79.2% of hospital claims for patients aged 66–74 had a diagnosis of dementia compared to older age categories that had dementia noted in over 85% of records.

  47. Identifying Medicare beneficiaries with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021-04-26 Disparities

    Beneficiaries had an average age of 75.3 years and were predominately female (59%) and non-Hispanic whites (93%).

  48. The Multi-Partner Consortium to Expand Dementia Research in Latin America (ReDLat): Driving Multicentric Research and Implementation Science

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2021-03-11 Clinical safety

    Dementia is becoming increasingly prevalent in Latin America, contrasting with stable or declining rates in North America and Europe.

  49. Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in patients with Alzheimer's disease and family caregiver burden: a path analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2021-03-05 Caregiving

    Mean total BPSD score was 17.66 ± 20.67, and the mean score for family caregiver burden was 9.65 ± 11.12.

  50. Rural-urban differences in diagnostic incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2021-03-04 Disparities

    These data suggest that older adults in rural communities may be underdiagnosed with ADRD, and/or diagnosed at later stages of dementia.

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