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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. Herpes Zoster Vaccination and Dementia Occurrence (Australian natural experiment)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. JAMA 2025-06-17 Prevention and risk

    In this sample of 101 219 patients, 52.7% were women and mean age was 62.6 years (SD, 9.3 years) as of November 1, 2016.

  2. Multidomain interventions for prevention of dementia: Achievements, challenges and future perspectives

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international 2025-06-17 Prevention and risk

    With the aging of the population, the number of persons with dementia is expected to increase worldwide, making the establishment of preventive strategies for dementia an urgent issue.

  3. Neuropsychiatric symptoms and awareness in young-and-late-onset dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. Aging & Mental Health 2025-06-17 Brain tissue and pathology

    The YOD group was more cognitively compromised, more anxious, and presented more aberrant motor behaviors than the LOD group.

  4. Employment Status, Decision-Making, and Sleep Among Hispanic and Latinx Dementia Family Caregivers: A Secondary Data Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Western Journal of Nursing Research 2025-06-16 Disparities

    Participants had a mean age of 55.1 years (SD = 14), were predominantly female, and primarily cared for a parent.

  5. Bridging the Gap: Missing Data Imputation Methods and Their Effect on Dementia Classification Performance

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Brain Sciences 2025-06-13 Digital health tools

    On the test set, MICE imputation yielded the highest accuracy for both RF (0.76) and LR (0.81), while SVM performed best with median imputation (0.81).

  6. Ethnoracial Disparities in Advance Care Planning Among People With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2025-06-12 Disparities

    Ethnoracial identity was significantly associated with the likelihood of ACP engagement.

  7. Active Travel Mode and Incident Dementia and Brain Structure

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2025-06-09 Genetics

    The study encompassed 479 723 participants (mean [SD] age, 56.5 [8.1] years; 260 730 females [54.4%]), including 271 690 in the YOD analyses and 334 939 in the LOD analyses.

  8. Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa: Risk factors, public perception, and management approaches

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Medicine Surgery and Public Health 2025-06-09 Prevention and risk

    Dementia is becoming a major public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with prevalence increasing due to demographic transitions, increasing life expectancy, and increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases.

  9. Regional Differences in Dementia Incidence Among US Veterans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. JAMA Neurology 2025-06-09 How common it is

    Among the 1 268 599 participants (mean age, 73.9 [SD, 6.1] years; n = 25 335 [2%] female), dementia incidence rates per 1000 person-years were lowest in the Mid-Atlantic (11.2; 95% CI, 11.1-11.4) and highest in the Southeast (14.0; 95% CI, 13.8-14.2).

  10. A rapid scoping review on operationalizing cognitive and social activities in research on dementia risk reduction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Aging & Mental Health 2025-06-08 Prevention trials

    Across 58 studies, 38 had an observational design and predominantly used questionnaires to measure cognitive and social activities.

  11. Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations and Disparities Among Older Adults With Dementia Before and During the Pandemic

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2025-06-07 Disparities

    The study included 2.35 million beneficiaries in 2019 and 1.85 million in 2021.

  12. Training for dementia care and support in rural and remote Australia: appraisals from a nationwide workforce survey

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. BMC Geriatrics 2025-06-06 Disparities

    There were 558 respondents from residential aged care, community/primary care and hospital settings across all Australian states and territories.

  13. Drivers with dementia: Forecasting the future

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-06-04 Clinical safety

    BackgroundA decline in driving skills is well documented in people with dementia.

  14. Student satisfaction of a dementia education intervention: a cross-sectional study of the time for dementia programme

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. BMC Medical Education 2025-06-04 Disparities

    78% of students agreed or strongly agreed that Time for Dementia had increased their knowledge of psychosocial issues, and 69% enjoyed the programme.

  15. Differentiating patients with dementia from patients with depression and healthy controls using the Cognitive Functions Dementia (CFD) test set and machine learning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. The Clinical Neuropsychologist 2025-06-03 Digital health tools

    Using raw data from the CFD and the GLMnet algorithm, we could accurately differentiate between DEM vs. HC with accuracies ranging up to 94.0%.

  16. Generational Differences in Age-Specific Dementia Prevalence Rates

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2025-06-02 How common it is

    In this cross-sectional study examining generational differences in age-specific dementia prevalence across the US, Europe, and England, we found that individuals from more recent birth cohorts had lower proportions of people with dementia.

  17. A lifespan perspective on cognitive reserve and risk for dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-06-01 Risk factors

    Higher GCA was associated with lower dementia risk (hazard ratio = 0.865, 95% confidence interval = 0.756 to 0.990).

  18. Autism, Diagnostics, and Dementia: A Consensus Report From the 2nd International Summit on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2025-06-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Diagnostic challenges stem from overlapping symptoms of co-occurring neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions, rendering standard dementia tools insufficient.

  19. Detection of emergency department patients at risk of dementia through artificial intelligence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-06-01 Digital health tools

    EDDA achieved an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.85 in the test set and 0.93 in the validation set.

  20. Ethnic Disparities and Inequalities in Dementia Care: An Extended Literature Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. BJPsych Open 2025-06-01 Disparities

    Across the literature, it is evident that health inequalities currently exist and exacerbate the disparities in the care of BAME dementia patients.

  21. LUMEN: Prototype Conversational AI to Streamline Dementia Assessments

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. BJPsych Open 2025-06-01 Getting a diagnosis

    LUMEN demonstrated strong performance in distinguishing dementia from normal cognition (AUROC=0.89) but moderate subtype differentiation (AUROC=0.66).

  22. Enhanced Multi-Model Machine Learning-Based Dementia Detection Using a Data Enrichment Framework: Leveraging the Blessing of Dimensionality

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Bioengineering 2025-05-30 Digital health tools

    The early diagnosis of dementia, a progressive condition impairing memory, cognition, and functional ability in older adults, is essential for timely intervention and improved patient outcomes.

  23. Improving Early Detection of Dementia: Extra Trees-Based Classification Model Using Inter-Relation-Based Features and K-Means Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Big Data and Cognitive Computing 2025-05-30 Disparities

    The early detection of dementia, a condition affecting both individuals and society, is essential for its effective management.

  24. A multinational cohort study of trends in survival following dementia diagnosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Communications Medicine 2025-05-28 How common it is

    Data from 1,272,495 individuals, with the mean age at diagnosis ranging from 76.8 years (South Korea) to 82.9 years (Germany), show that the overall median length of survival following recorded diagnosis ranges from 2.4 years (New Zealand) to 7.9 years (South Korea).

  25. Impact of regional inequalities in long-term care on health spending: evidence from dementia patients in France

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Aging and Health Research 2025-05-28 Risk factors

    Unmet need for long-term care (LTC) could be associated with higher health care utilization and medical spending.

  26. Experiences of dementia in farming communities: A scoping review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Rural Studies 2025-05-26 Disparities

    Farming communities experience significant rates of dementia, however research exploring the support needs of this population is scarce.

  27. Global incidence trends and projections of Alzheimer disease and other dementias: an age-period-cohort analysis 2021

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Global Health 2025-05-23 Caregiving

    Between 1992-2021, global AD cases increased from 4.078 million to 9.837 million, while the global age-standardised incidence rate (ASIR) remained relatively stable, rising slightly from 117.7 to 119.8 per 100 000.

  28. Educational disparities in dementia incidence and healthcare utilization: evidence from a cohort study in Italy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Social Science & Medicine 2025-05-22 Disparities

    While educational disparities in dementia incidence are well-known, whether and to what extent they persist beyond dementia onset is less explored.

  29. Are modifiable risk factors for dementia really modifiable?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2025-05-21 Risk factors

    The 2024 Lancet Commission estimates 45% of dementias worldwide are preventable if 14 potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia were eliminated.

  30. Dementia in the MENA region uncharted challenges and emerging insights a literature review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. npj Dementia 2025-05-21 Risk factors

    Dementia is rising sharply in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), with cases projected to increase by 367% by 2050.

  31. Japan-multimodal intervention trial for the prevention of dementia in older people with lifestyle-related diseases: A community-based, 18-month, randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-05-21 Prevention trials

    This multimodal intervention program demonstrated no effectiveness in mitigating cognitive decline.

  32. The diagnostic accuracy of CTseg segmentation software for dementia in a New Zealand memory service

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports 2025-05-21 Getting a diagnosis

    This study examines the accuracy of CTseg segmentation software to diagnose Alzheimer's disease dementia and other dementias using routine CT scans from a New Zealand memory service.

  33. Incidence and prevalence of dementia among US Medicare beneficiaries, 2015-21: population based study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. BMJ 2025-05-20 How common it is

    The overall age and sex standardized incidence decreased between 2015 and 2021 from 3.5% to 2.8%.

  34. Projected Demographic Trends in the Likelihood of Having or Becoming a Dementia Family Caregiver in the U.S. Through 2060

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Populations 2025-05-20 Disparities

    This study predicts how sociodemographic trends-smaller family sizes, increased longevity, and marital patterns-could affect family care for people with dementia through 2060.

  35. Health inequalities in disease burden of dementia and early-onset dementia: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Global Health Research and Policy 2025-05-19 Disparities

    Although the ASPR and ASIR remained stable or decreased globally, they both greatly increased in East Asia (ASPR: EAPC = 0.43; 95% CI 0.35, 0.51; ASIR: EAPC = 0.40; 95% CI 0.33, 0.47).

  36. Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Patients With Dementia in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 30 out of 100. Medical Care 2025-05-19 Health systems and care delivery

    MA-PD enrollees had significantly lower utilization of PIMs than standalone PDP enrollees: a 0.7 percentage-point [95% CI: 0.5, 0.8] lower prevalence of potentially harmful drug-disease interactions in older adults with dementia; a 3.1 percentage-point [2.6, 3.5] lower prevalence of potentially harmful drug-disease interactions in older adults with dementia and a history of falls; and a 0.5 percentage-point [0.4, 0.6] lower prevalence of high-risk medications in older adults.

  37. Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Patients With Dementia in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Medical Care 2025-05-19 Health systems and care delivery

    MA-PD enrollees had significantly lower utilization of PIMs than standalone PDP enrollees: a 0.7 percentage-point [95% CI: 0.5, 0.8] lower prevalence of potentially harmful drug-disease interactions in older adults with dementia; a 3.1 percentage-point [2.6, 3.5] lower prevalence of potentially harmful drug-disease interactions in older adults with dementia and a history of falls; and a 0.5 percentage-point [0.4, 0.6] lower prevalence of high-risk medications in older adults.

  38. Hearing impairment and dementia: cause, catalyst or consequence?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Neurology 2025-05-16 Prevention and risk

    The relationship between hearing impairment and dementia has attracted significant attention, the 2024 Lancet Commission report identifying hearing loss as the largest modifiable risk factor for dementia from mid-life.

  39. Using scores from the 4AT delirium detection tool as an indicator of possible dementia: a study of 75 221 older adult hospital admissions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Age and Ageing 2025-05-14 Clinical safety

    Of 75 221 admissions, 62 188 (82.7%; 33 625 unique patients; mean age 80.2 years; 55.8% female) had a 4AT on admission.

  40. Leveraging explainable artificial intelligence with ensemble of deep learning model for dementia prediction to enhance clinical decision support systems

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Scientific Reports 2025-05-13 Digital health tools

    The prevalence of dementia is growing worldwide due to the fast ageing of the population.

  41. Models and mechanisms of post-stroke dementia and cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Frontiers in Stroke 2025-05-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability globally, with significant long-term impacts such as post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI).

  42. Subjective memory complaints at age 90 + in relation to cognition and risk of incident dementia: The 90 + Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. International Psychogeriatrics 2025-05-08 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In 893 participants with average age 93 years (range 90-102), 43 % had SMC.

  43. A Scoping Review of the Effect and Experience of Participating in Dementia Rehabilitation When Living With Early Stage Dementia: Seen From a Lifelong Learning Perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 27 out of 100. Western Journal of Nursing Research 2025-05-07 Prevention trials

    Eligible studies used many study designs with different sample sizes.

  44. Autism and Dementia: A Summative Report from the 2nd International Summit on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2025-05-06 How common it is

    This article synthesizes findings, from the Autism/Dementia Work Group of the 2nd International Summit on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia, on the nature of autism/autism spectrum disorder and later-age neuropathologies, particularly dementia.

  45. A re-evaluation study and literature review on AD8 as a screening tool for dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. PLoS ONE 2025-05-05 Getting a diagnosis

    Thirty-seven participants had a CDR of 0, 61 had a CDR of 0.5, and 20 had a CDR ≥ 1.

  46. Top-funded digital health companies offering lifestyle interventions for dementia prevention: Company overview and evidence analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. PLoS ONE 2025-05-05 Digital health tools

    The ten top-funded companies offering DDLS received a total funding of EUR 128.52 million, of which three companies collected more than 75%.

  47. Pulling Back the Curtain on Hospital Dementia Detection: Validation of the Informant‐Based Clinical Dementia Rating

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2025-05-02 Getting a diagnosis

    Of 65 participants (mean age = 79.4 years; women = 54%), 34% had dementia and 32% had CIND.

  48. The intersection of rurality and dementia prevalence in Australia for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non‐Indigenous peoples

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. The Medical Journal of Australia 2025-05-02 Disparities

    For non-Indigenous peoples, the crude and age-standardised (World Health Organization standard) prevalence of dementia was 10.6 and 7.4 per 1000 persons, respectively.

  49. The relationship between dementia staging scales, cognitive-behavioral scales and functionality in patients with cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. PLoS ONE 2025-05-02 Cognitive tests and assessment

    This study analyzed 871 patients with cognitive impairment, 69.8% of whom were having functional impairment.

  50. Undocumented Dementia Diagnosis During Skilled Home Health Care: Prevalence and Associated Factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2025-05-02 How common it is

    Among 1,372,570 HH patients, 30% had diagnosed dementia.

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