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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. Prevalences of dementia and cognitive impairment among older people in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2013-08-20 Disparities

    A total of 2320 unique papers was found; the full text of 87 was reviewed.

  2. PET approaches for diagnosis of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2013-08-14 Biomarkers

    There is increasing use of neuroimaging modalities, including PET, for diagnosing dementia.

  3. A literature review of spaced-retrieval interventions: a direct memory intervention for people with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. International psychogeriatrics 2013-07-25 Prevention trials

    Current evidence indicates that spaced-retrieval training is effective in enabling people with dementia to learn new information and behavioral strategies.

  4. Determinants for undetected dementia and late-life depression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2013-07-25 Disparities

    Older adults in China have high levels of undetected dementia and depression.

  5. The prevalence of dementia in urban and rural areas of China

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2013-07-18 Disparities

    The prevalence of dementia, AD, and VaD among individuals aged 65 years and older were 5.14% (95% CI, 4.71-5.57), 3.21% (95% CI, 2.87-3.55), and 1.50% (95% CI, 1.26-1.74), respectively.

  6. Sensitivity analyses suggest that these estimates are robust to the change in response.

  7. Which behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia are the most problematic? Variability by prevalence, intensity, distress ratings, and associations with caregiver depressive symptoms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2013-07-12 Caregiving

    Symptoms revealed as "most problematic" varied by measurement criterion.

  8. Improving access to dementia services for people from minority ethnic groups

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current opinion in psychiatry 2013-07-01 Disparities

    Only a minority of people with dementia receive a formal diagnosis despite a growing body of evidence highlighting the benefits of early diagnosis and intervention.

  9. O4–04–02: Prevalence studies of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2013-07-01 Risk factors

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

  10. PC‐009: Integrated medical and case management dementia model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 29 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2013-07-01 Health systems and care delivery

    MemoryCare, in its 13th year of operation in Asheville, NC, is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to providing medical care to older adults with cognitive impairment inclusive of a case management component that provides support and education to their families and caregivers.

  11. Clinical phenotype of dementia after traumatic brain injury

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of neurotrauma 2013-06-27 Long-term cohort studies

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in early to mid-life is associated with an increased risk of dementia in late life.

  12. Machine learning approaches to diagnosis and laterality effects in semantic dementia discourse

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 2013-06-14 Digital health tools

    Advances in automatic text classification have been necessitated by the rapid increase in the availability of digital documents.

  13. Antihypertensive classes, cognitive decline and incidence of dementia: a network meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Journal of hypertension 2013-06-01 Prevention and risk

    Our results support the notion that antihypertensive treatment has beneficial effects on cognitive decline and prevention of dementia, and indicate that these effects may differ between drug classes with ARBs possibly being the most effective.

  14. Twenty-year changes in dementia occurrence suggest decreasing incidence in central Stockholm, Sweden

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 75 out of 100. Neurology 2013-04-17 Brain tissue and pathology

    This study is based on 2 cross-sectional surveys of people aged 75 years or over conducted in central Stockholm: the Kungsholmen Project (KP) (1987-1989, n = 1,700) and the Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K) (2001-2004, n = 1,575).

  15. Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. New England Journal of Medicine 2013-04-04 Costs and economics

    Using a nationally representative survey of older Americans with in-home cognitive testing, researchers estimated that dementia cost the US between $157 billion and $215 billion in 2010, depending on how unpaid family caregiving time is valued.

  16. Monetary costs of dementia in the United States

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2013-04-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Dementia represents a substantial financial burden on society, one that is similar to the financial burden of heart disease and cancer.

  17. The epidemiology of frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) 2013-04-01 Disparities

    Frontotemporal dementia, a heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder, is a common cause of young onset dementia (i.e. dementia developing in midlife or earlier).

  18. Survival in dementia and predictors of mortality: a review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2013-03-22 Getting a diagnosis

    Substantial heterogeneity in the design of included studies limits the ability to prognosticate for individual patients.

  19. Causes of hospital admission for people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2013-03-17 Clinical safety

    Many older people's crisis teams tend to focus on prevention and reducing psychiatric admissions.

  20. Alcohol-related dementia: an update of the evidence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2013-01-25 Prevention and risk

    The characteristics of dementia relating to excessive alcohol use have received increased research interest in recent times.

  21. The global prevalence of dementia: a systematic review and metaanalysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2013-01-01 Caregiving

    The detailed estimates in this study constitute the best current basis for policymaking, planning, and allocation of health and welfare resources in dementia care.

  22. The worldwide economic impact of dementia 2010

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2013-01-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Worldwide costs of dementia are enormous and distributed inequitably.

  23. Alzheimer's Association recommendations for operationalizing the detection of cognitive impairment during the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit in a primary care setting

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2012-12-20 Getting a diagnosis

    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act added a new Medicare benefit, the Annual Wellness Visit (AWV), effective January 1, 2011.

  24. Cross-cultural differences in dementia: the Sociocultural Health Belief Model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International psychogeriatrics 2012-12-14 Disparities

    The SHBM provides an empirically based conceptual framework for examining cross-cultural differences in dementia care-seeking among diverse groups.

  25. The Impact of Semantic Dementia on Everyday Actions: Evidence from an Ecological Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2012-11-19 Risk factors

    In theory, semantic memory may trigger and support the execution of everyday activities.

  26. Application of Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD) instrument in a global setting

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2012-11-09 Caregiving

    Several minor changes were made to the RUD instrument to improve the accuracy and precision of the data while maintaining comparability with the original version and reflecting current medical practice.

  27. Assessment scales in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders 2012-11-01 Caregiving

    Dementia involves progressive and often remorseless decline in cognition, function, behaviour and care needs.

  28. Nonpharmacologic management of behavioral symptoms in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. JAMA 2012-11-01 Caregiving

    Behavioral symptoms such as repetitive speech, wandering, and sleep disturbances are a core clinical feature of Alzheimer disease and related dementias.

  29. Tools to detect delirium superimposed on dementia: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012-10-05 Clinical safety

    The evidence base on tools for detection of delirium superimposed on dementia is limited, although some existing tools show promise.

  30. Dementia resulting from traumatic brain injury: what is the pathology?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2012-10-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is among the earliest illnesses described in human history and remains a major source of morbidity and mortality in the modern era.

  31. The prevalence of dementia in rural Tanzania: a cross-sectional community-based study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2012-09-20 Disparities

    The prevalence of dementia in this rural Tanzanian population is similar to that reported in high-income countries.

  32. Motoric cognitive risk syndrome and the risk of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2012-09-17 How common it is

    A motor-based MCR syndrome provides a clinical approach to identify individuals at high risk for dementia, especially vascular dementia, to target for further investigations and who may benefit from preventive interventions.

  33. Reliability of six physical performance tests in older people with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Physical therapy 2012-09-13 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Physical performance tests are important for assessing the effect of physical activity interventions in older people with dementia, but their psychometric properties have not been systematically established within this specific population.

  34. Delirium and Long-term Cognitive Trajectory Among Persons With Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine 2012-09-01 Clinical safety

    Delirium is highly prevalent among persons with AD who are hospitalized and is associated with an increased rate of cognitive deterioration that is maintained for up to 5 years.

  35. Meta-analysis of nonpharmacological interventions for neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. The American journal of psychiatry 2012-09-01 Caregiving

    The successful interventions identified included approximately nine to 12 sessions tailored to the needs of the person with dementia and the caregiver and were delivered individually in the home using multiple components over 3-6 months with periodic follow-up.

  36. Vitamin D, cognition, and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Neurology 2012-09-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Five databases were searched for English-language studies up to August 2010, and included all study designs with a comparative group.

  37. Epidemiology of dementia in Asia: insights on prevalence, trends and novel risk factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of the neurological sciences 2012-08-09 Disparities

    Asia is the most populous region in the world and its rapidly growing societies are the sources of global development.

  38. Geographical variation in dementia: systematic review with meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. International journal of epidemiology 2012-07-13 Disparities

    There is evidence of geographical variation in rates of dementia in affluent countries at a variety of geographical scales.

  39. The Minority Aging Research Study: ongoing efforts to obtain brain donation in African Americans without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2012-07-01 Disparities

    The Minority Aging Research Study (MARS) is a longitudinal, epidemiologic cohort study of decline in cognitive function and risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in older African Americans, with brain donation after death added as an optional component for those willing to consider organ donation.

  40. Prevalence of dementia and major dementia subtypes in the Chinese populations: a meta-analysis of dementia prevalence surveys, 1980-2010

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2012-06-08 Disparities

    The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dementia and its major subtypes in China.

  41. Education and dementia in the context of the cognitive reserve hypothesis: a systematic review with meta-analyses and qualitative analyses

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 73 out of 100. PloS one 2012-06-04 Prevention and risk

    This systematic review and meta-analyses covering a wide range of observational studies and diverse settings provides robust support for the CR hypothesis.

  42. Multicentre population-based dementia prevalence survey in Japan: a preliminary report

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society 2012-06-01 Disparities

    Community-based surveys were performed in seven rural areas in Japan to investigate the prevalence of dementia and illnesses causing dementia.

  43. Rationale for use of the Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes as a primary outcome measure for Alzheimer's disease clinical trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2012-06-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The CDR-SB assesses both cognitive and functional domains of AD disability.

  44. Time to diagnosis in young-onset dementia as compared with late-onset dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Psychological medicine 2012-05-28 Brain tissue and pathology

    The extent to which specific factors influence diagnostic delays in dementia is unclear.

  45. Evaluation and management of oropharyngeal dysphagia in different types of dementia: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2012-05-19 Clinical safety

    Prevalence of swallowing difficulties in patients with dementia ranged from 13 to 57%.

  46. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2012-05-07 Risk factors

    Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), also known as neuropsychiatric symptoms, represent a heterogeneous group of non-cognitive symptoms and behaviors occurring in subjects with dementia.

  47. Is pre-existing dementia an independent predictor of outcome after stroke? A propensity score-matched analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Journal of neurology 2012-04-25 End-of-life care

    Pre-existing dementia is not independently associated with mortality, disability, or institutionalization after ischemic stroke.

  48. A network diffusion model of disease progression in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neuron 2012-03-21 Getting a diagnosis

    Patterns of dementia are known to fall into dissociated but dispersed brain networks, suggesting that the disease is transmitted along neuronal pathways rather than by proximity.

  49. ACTIVE cognitive training and rates of incident dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2012-03-09 Prevention trials

    Systematic cognitive training produces long-term improvement in cognitive function and less difficulty in performing activities of daily living.

  50. Dementia prevention: current epidemiological evidence and future perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2012-02-13 Prevention and risk

    Dementia, a major cause of disability and institutionalization in older people, poses a serious threat to public health and to the social and economic development of modern society.

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