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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. Effective feature learning and fusion of multimodality data using stage-wise deep neural network for dementia diagnosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Human brain mapping 2018-11-01 Long-term cohort studies

    In this article, the authors aim to maximally utilize multimodality neuroimaging and genetic data for identifying Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its prodromal status, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), from normal aging subjects.

  2. Lifestyle interventions to prevent cognitive impairment, dementia and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neurology 2018-11-01 Treatments

    Research into dementia prevention is of paramount importance if the dementia epidemic is to be halted.

  3. The Prevalence of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment in Hospitals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Deutsches Arzteblatt international 2018-11-01 Clinical safety

    Two out of five elderly patients in general hospitals suffer from a cognitive disturbance.

  4. Misidentification of Dementia in Medicare Claims and Related Costs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018-10-13 Disparities

    Misidentification of dementia in Medicare claims is common.

  5. Declining Incident Dementia Rates Across Four Population-Based Birth Cohorts

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A (Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences) 2018-10-12 How common it is

    By pooling two long-running community studies from the same region of Pennsylvania, researchers compared dementia rates across people born in different decades, from the 1900s to the 1940s. Each successively younger birth cohort had a substantially lower risk of developing dementia at a given age, with the youngest group's risk about a quarter of the oldest group's. This adds US evidence, independent of Framingham, that generational health improvements are lowering dementia risk.

  6. Racial and ethnic differences in trends in dementia prevalence and risk factors in the United States

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2018-10-05 Prevention and risk

    Racial disparities in dementia may be reduced by prevention and management of disease and promoting educational attainment among blacks and Hispanics.

  7. Cognitive decline and dementia in diabetes mellitus: mechanisms and clinical implications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Nature reviews. Endocrinology 2018-10-01 Caregiving

    Cognitive dysfunction is increasingly recognized as an important comorbidity of diabetes mellitus.

  8. Communication Difficulties as a Result of Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Materia socio-medica 2018-10-01 Digital health tools

    Communication for people with dementia and with people with dementia for all persons involved in care (including family members, medical staff and therapists, and members of the community) can be very challenging.

  9. Procedural Framework to Facilitate Hospital-Based Informed Consent for Dementia Research

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018-09-24 Treatments

    Improving quality and delivery of care for people with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) requires a comprehensive research agenda that encompasses the entire care continuum.

  10. Racial and ethnic estimates of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the United States (2015–2060) in adults aged ≥65 years

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2018-09-19 How common it is

    These estimates can be used to guide planning and interventions related to caring for the ADRD population and supporting caregivers.

  11. Trends in dementia diagnosis rates in UK ethnic groups: analysis of UK primary care data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Clinical epidemiology 2018-08-08 Disparities

    People from the black ethnic group had a higher incidence of dementia diagnosis and those from the Asian ethnic group had lower incidence compared with the white ethnic group.

  12. Unsupervised Machine Learning to Identify High Likelihood of Dementia in Population-Based Surveys: Development and Validation Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of medical Internet research 2018-07-09 Digital health tools

    Unsupervised machine learning identifies high likelihood of dementia in population-based surveys, even without cognitive and behavioral measures and without the need of clinical diagnosis of dementia in a subsample of the population.

  13. P3‐509: FEASIBILITY OF A DEMENTIA VILLAGE IN SINGAPORE

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 24 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2018-07-01 Risk factors

    The wave of ‘silver tsunami’ sweeping over the developed world means that the number of dementia patients expected to double to 75.6 million by 2030.

  14. Machine-learning based identification of undiagnosed dementia in primary care: a feasibility study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. BJGP open 2018-06-13 Digital health tools

    The results show that routinely collected primary care data may be used to identify undiagnosed dementia.

  15. Cognition and dementia in older patients with epilepsy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2018-06-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    With advances in healthcare and an ageing population, the number of older adults with epilepsy is set to rise substantially across the world.

  16. Prevalence of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. International journal of epidemiology 2018-06-01 Prevention and risk

    Geographical variation in dementia prevalence is confirmed in this update, whereas evidence on increasing trends is still insufficient.

  17. External validation of four dementia prediction models for use in the general community-dwelling population: a comparative analysis from the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. European journal of epidemiology 2018-05-08 Long-term cohort studies

    To systematically review the literature for dementia prediction models for use in the general population and externally validate their performance in a head-to-head comparison.

  18. Health management and pattern analysis of daily living activities of people with dementia using in-home sensors and machine learning techniques

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. PloS one 2018-05-03 Digital health tools

    The number of people diagnosed with dementia is expected to rise in the coming years.

  19. Disparities in Nursing Home Use and Quality Among African American, Hispanic, and White Medicare Residents With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Journal of Aging and Health 2018-05-02 Health systems and care delivery

    We found that a larger share of Hispanic Medicare residents that are admitted to nursing homes have ADRD compared with African American and White beneficiaries.

  20. Speech-Language Pathologist Interventions for Communication in Moderate-Severe Dementia: A Systematic Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. American journal of speech-language pathology 2018-05-01 Digital health tools

    Preliminary evidence was found to support communication interventions for people with moderate-severe dementia.

  21. Accuracy of general hospital dementia diagnoses in England: Sensitivity, specificity, and predictors of diagnostic accuracy 2008-2016

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2018-04-25 Disparities

    Dementia diagnosis recording in general hospitals is increasing but remains less likely in some groups.

  22. What does the general public understand about prevention and treatment of dementia? A systematic review of population-based surveys

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. PloS one 2018-04-19 Prevention and risk

    Knowledge among those living in low- and middle-income countries are largely unknown, presenting challenges for the development of National action plans consistent with World Health Organization directives.

  23. Motor and Cognitive Trajectories Before Dementia: Results from Gait and Brain Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018-04-02 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Prospective cohort study with 5 years of follow-up.

  24. Underdiagnosis of Dementia: an Observational Study of Patterns in Diagnosis and Awareness in US Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Journal of general internal medicine 2018-03-05 Getting a diagnosis

    Many older adults living with dementia have not been formally diagnosed.

  25. Amsterdam Dementia Cohort: Performing Research to Optimize Care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2018-01-01 Getting a diagnosis

    The Alzheimer center of the VU University Medical Center opened in 2000 and was initiated to combine both patient care and research.

  26. Differences Between Women and Men in Incidence Rates of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2018-01-01 How common it is

    In the following brief report, we examined gender differences in incidence rates of any dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) alone, and non-Alzheimer's dementia alone in 16,926 women and men in the Swedish Twin Registry aged 65+.

  27. Homocysteine and Dementia: An International Consensus Statement

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2018-01-01 Prevention and risk

    Identification of modifiable risk factors provides a crucial approach to the prevention of dementia.

  28. Secular Trends in Dementia and Cognitive Impairment of U.S. Rural and Urban Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. American journal of preventive medicine 2017-12-12 Disparities

    Larger gains in rural adults' cognitive functioning between 2000 and 2010 that are linked with increased educational attainment demonstrate long-term public health benefits of investment in secondary education.

  29. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and dementia: what we need to know and do

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. British journal of anaesthesia 2017-12-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Approximately 12% of apparently previously cognitively well patients undergoing anaesthesia and noncardiac surgery will develop symptoms of cognitive dysfunction after their procedure.

  30. Marriage and risk of dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2017-11-28 Prevention and risk

    Being married is associated with reduced risk of dementia than widowed and lifelong single people, who are also underdiagnosed in routine clinical practice.

  31. General Practice Clinical Data Help Identify Dementia Hotspots: A Novel Geospatial Analysis Approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2017-11-10 Risk factors

    We have a poor understanding of whether dementia clusters geographically, how this occurs, and how dementia may relate to socio-demographic factors.

  32. Speed of processing training results in lower risk of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 88 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2017-11-07 Prevention trials

    Initially, healthy older adults randomized to speed of processing cognitive training had a 29% reduction in their risk of dementia after 10 years of follow-up compared to the untreated control group.

  33. Cognitive Frailty in China: Results from China Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Frontiers in medicine 2017-10-20 Disparities

    Our results provide the first empirical evidence of CF in China.

  34. Detecting Dementia Through Interactive Computer Avatars

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine 2017-09-15 Digital health tools

    This paper proposes a new approach to automatically detect dementia.

  35. Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: Correlates and Impact on Caregiver Distress

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra 2017-09-01 Disparities

    BPSD are universally present, bear correlates with dementia type and severity, and cause significant caregiver distress.

  36. Barriers and facilitators in accessing dementia care by ethnic minority groups: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. BMC psychiatry 2017-08-30 Disparities

    The two overarching themes lend themselves to interventions at a service level and a community level which need to happen in synergy.

  37. Smartphone-Based Health Technologies for Dementia Care: Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Practices

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society 2017-08-04 Disparities

    Most of the 5.4 million people affected by Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia (AD) are noninstitutionalized, receiving care by unpaid family caregivers and medically managed by a primary care provider (PCP).

  38. Tea, talk and technology: patient and public involvement to improve connected health ‘wearables’ research in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Research Involvement and Engagement 2017-08-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Discussions revealed that people were generally supportive of this type of research, provided they gave informed consent and that devices were discreet, comfortable and easy to use.

  39. CSD is common in older inpatients and associated with considerably worse outcomes, with little variation between different types of CSD.

  40. Dementia prevention, intervention, and care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. The Lancet 2017-07-20 Prevention and risk

  41. A clinicopathological approach to the diagnosis of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neurology 2017-07-14 Getting a diagnosis

    The most definitive classification systems for dementia are based on the underlying pathology which, in turn, is categorized largely according to the observed accumulation of abnormal protein aggregates in neurons and glia.

  42. [P4–555]: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META‐ANALYSIS OF THE PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA IN MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN: 2017 UPDATE

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2017-07-01 Risk factors

    Several existing systematic reviews have summarized the prevalence of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

  43. Assistive technology for memory support in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2017-06-11 Digital health tools

    Main results We identified no studies which met the inclusion criteria.

  44. Clinical presentations and epidemiology of vascular dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Clinical science (London, England : 1979) 2017-06-01 Prevention and risk

    Cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases cause vascular brain injury that can lead to vascular cognitive impairment (VCI).

  45. The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time - current evidence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neurology 2017-05-12 How common it is

    Dementia is an increasing focus for policymakers, civil organizations and multidisciplinary researchers.

  46. Impact of multiple pathologies on the threshold for clinically overt dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2017-05-09 Getting a diagnosis

    Longitudinal clinical-pathological studies have increasingly recognized the importance of mixed pathologies (the coexistence of one or more neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular disease pathologies) as important factors in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia.

  47. Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. PLoS medicine 2017-03-14 Clinical safety

    In an Essay, Andrew Jackson and colleagues discuss challenges in the diagnosis and management of older people with dementia and delirium in acute hospitals.

  48. Cognitive screening tools for identification of dementia in illiterate and low-educated older adults, a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. International psychogeriatrics 2017-03-09 Disparities

    Numerous tools for assessment of cognitive impairment in low-literacy settings have been developed, and tools developed for use in high-income countries have also been validated in low-literacy settings.

  49. Determinants of Dropout and Nonadherence in a Dementia Prevention Randomized Controlled Trial: The Prevention of Dementia by Intensive Vascular Care Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017-03-06 Prevention trials

    In a large dementia prevention trial with 6-year follow-up, dropout was associated with older age, poorer cognitive function, symptoms of depression, and disability at baseline.

  50. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Mixed Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Neuro-degenerative diseases 2017-03-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are common in Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), and are distressful to patients and caregivers.

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