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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. Breaking the silence: understanding the unique burden on informal Black male dementia caregivers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-05-01 Disparities

    As the rates of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD and related dementias (ADRD) in the United States steadily rise, so too does the demand for informal caregiving.

  2. Evaluating linked ICD‐10 Medicare claims data as a method of dementia case ascertainment in research settings

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-05-01 Disparities

    A total of 1869 participants contributed 5309 observations (mean age 82.9 years, 21.0% Black, 9.3% met research-based dementia criteria).

  3. Participants possessed some knowledge about dementia but highlighted a need for better access to information about dementia.

  4. The ethical allocation of dementia prevention responsibility

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2025-05-01 Prevention and risk

    Public health messaging is an ethically fraught exercise.

  5. Can the herpes zoster vaccination be a strategy against dementia?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics 2025-04-30 Inflammation and the immune system

    Herpes Zoster (HZ), caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), is a common infectious disease.

  6. Knowledge and practice of healthy behaviors for dementia and stroke prevention in a United States cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Scientific Reports 2025-04-30 How common it is

    At least 45% of dementia and 60% of stroke cases are due to modifiable risk factors and could in part be prevented through healthy behavior.

  7. A comparison of cognitive and health assessment tools used in a dementia prevention and risk management program for urban-dwelling older aboriginal Australians (DAMPAA)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. SSM - Mental Health 2025-04-29 Cognitive tests and assessment

    There were weak or no correlations between the KICA-Cog and other cognitive assessment tools.

  8. Agile Implementation of a Digital Cognitive Assessment for Dementia in Primary Care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Annals of Family Medicine 2025-04-29 Getting a diagnosis

    The intervention engaged 69 (63.8%) of 108 clinicians across the 7 clinics.

  9. Feasibility and Acceptability of Implementing a Digital Cognitive Assessment for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias in Primary Care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. The Annals of Family Medicine 2025-04-29 Getting a diagnosis

    There were 16,708 eligible encounters during the 12-month study period (June 2022-May 2023).

  10. Landscapes of care for dementia in rural South Africa

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Journal of Rural Studies 2025-04-25 Disparities

    How does place shape informal caregiving for and by ageing people with cognitive impairment in rural South Africa?

  11. Detection Bias in EHR-Based Research on Clinical Exposures and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2025-04-23 How common it is

    Among 228 392 participants from UKB (n = 137 374; mean [SD] age at baseline, 62.5 [4.1] years; 53.8% female) and AOU (n = 91 018; mean [SD] age at baseline, 66.9 [7.8] years; 57.1% female), those with a history of a clinical exposure at baseline had higher dementia incidence rates compared with those without such history.

  12. Harmonized prevalence estimates of dementia in Europe vary strongly with childhood education

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Scientific Reports 2025-04-23 Getting a diagnosis

    Up-to-date, strictly cross-nationally comparable and nationally representative data on cognitive health are essential for our understanding of the dementia-related challenges in healthcare, to detect shortcomings in healthcare systems and to design effective prevention strategies.

  13. Knowledge and attitudes about dementia and dementia genetics in a cohort of geriatric clinic attendees in Nigeria

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-04-22 How common it is

    BackgroundPopulation ageing in Africa will increase the burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias within the next few decades.

  14. Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia Prevalence in the United States: A County-Level Spatial Machine Learning Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias® 2025-04-21 Risk factors

    A growing body of literature has examined the impact of neighborhood characteristics on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia, yet the spatial variability and relative importance of the most influential factors remain underexplored.

  15. Prevalence of hearing loss in patients with dementia and its association with dementia severity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. SAGE Open Medicine 2025-04-21 How common it is

    A total of 88 participants were included in the study.

  16. Population Attributable Fraction of Incident Dementia Associated With Hearing Loss

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery 2025-04-17 Prevention and risk

    Among 2946 participants (mean [SD] age, 74.9 [4.6] years; 1751 [59.4] female; 637 Black [21.6%] and 2309 White [78.4%] individuals), 1947 participants (66.1%) had audiometric hearing loss, and 1097 (37.2%) had self-reported hearing loss.

  17. The story of pain in people with dementia: a rationale for digital measures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. BMC Medicine 2025-04-17 Digital health tools

    Digital phenotyping based on physiological parameters and sensing technology may increase pain assessment objectivity in older adults with dementia.

  18. Informant accuracy of IQCODE, AD8 and GPCOGi for diagnosis of dementia: does your friend know best?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. BMC Family Practice 2025-04-15 Getting a diagnosis

    Of 238 participants with informant data, 131 had dementia, 60 had CIND, and 47 had normal cognition.

  19. “But Then They Don’t Use the Same Money to Give Us Services”: Attitudes and Perspectives on Dementia Care Community-Based Research in Hispanic Communities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of Applied Gerontology 2025-04-14 Disparities

    Core cultural values, along with commonly held beliefs about dementia, influence the caregiving roles assumed by Hispanic/Latino caregivers.

  20. Standardizing Number of EEG Sensors for AI-Driven Dementia Detection

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. IEEE Sensors Letters 2025-04-14 Digital health tools

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the most prevalent dementia subtype, early detection is paramount for slowing disease progression because cures are not available.

  21. Mapping the Trajectories of Social Relations for White, Black, and Hispanic/Latino Individuals Approaching Death With Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. The Journals of Gerontology Series B 2025-04-12 Disparities

    Social networks shrank linearly as death approached.

  22. Prevalence and Misperception: Exploring the Gap Between Objective and Subjective Assessment of Sleep Apnea in a Population at Increased Risk for Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2025-04-10 How common it is

    Among 322 participants (48.8% women; mean age 71.4 ± 6.4 years), moderate-to-severe OSA (apnea–hypopnea index [AHI] ≥ 15) was identified in 48.49%, despite the absence of prior diagnoses.

  23. Should we Treat Sleep Apnoea to Prevent Dementia?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Current Treatment Options in Neurology 2025-04-10 Risk factors

    Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is increasingly recognised as a significant risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia.

  24. Mapping knowledge landscapes and emerging trends in digital biomarkers for dementia in older adults: A scoping and bibliometric analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus 2025-04-09 Digital health tools

    This paper presents a systematic bibliometric analysis of the research landscape at the intersection of Alzheimer's disease and gerontechnology, identifying key contributors, research hotspots, and emerging trends.

  25. A pilot study investigating the effectiveness, appreciation, and feasibility of a cognitive stimulation program in dementia patients: online versus face-to-face

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Frontiers in Psychology 2025-04-07 Cognitive tests and assessment

    No significant differences were found between the in-person and remote groups in terms of age, education, or gender.

  26. Study-specific algorithms yielded comparable dementia prevalence estimates: 10.8 % in NHATS and 11.1 % in HRS-HCAP.

  27. Preventable adverse events and related outcomes among people with dementia in hospital settings: scoping review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Aging & Mental Health 2025-04-06 Clinical safety

    Of the 1976 retrieved studies, 16 were included.

  28. Dementia classification using two-channel electroencephalography features

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Scientific Reports 2025-04-03 Cognitive tests and assessment

    This study aimed to develop a novel classification model using wearable two-channel electroencephalography (EEG) data to differentiate between patients with dementia and normal controls (NCs).

  29. A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia (Wales)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Nature 2025-04-02 Prevention and risk

    Neurotropic herpesviruses may be implicated in the development of dementia 1-5 .

  30. Ethics of Sensor-Based Surveillance of People with Dementia in Clinical Practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Sensors 2025-04-02 Clinical safety

    Sensor-based surveillance technology (SST) is increasingly employed in the care of people with dementia (PwD) in hospitals, nursing homes, and home care.

  31. An especially hidden population: sexual and gender minority dementia caregivers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-04-01 Caregiving

    Bisexual caregivers reported more stress, albeit better health than gay caregivers.

  32. Can annual wellness visits reduce disparity in early dementia diagnosis?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2025-04-01 Disparities

    Medicare beneficiaries who received an AWV were 13% to 21% more likely than those without an AWV to be diagnosed at MCI stage versus ADRD stage.

  33. Deciding on genetic testing for familial dementia: Perspectives of patients and families

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-04-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Of 138 (27%) eligible patients (46% female, age 61 ± 8 years, Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE] 22 ± 6), 75 (54%) underwent genetic testing.

  34. Diabetes and dementia: current data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY (Ukraine) 2025-04-01 Risk factors

    This review analyzes current data on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, and approaches to the treatment of cognitive impairments in diabetes mellitus (DM).

  35. Improving quality measurement for dementia care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-04-01 Disparities

    Nearly 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia (ADRD).

  36. Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment among the older prisoner population in England and Wales: a cross-sectional study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. BMJ Open 2025-04-01 Getting a diagnosis

    We recruited 596 men and 273 women prisoners.

  37. Qualitative and quantitative educational disparities and brain signatures in healthy aging and dementia across global settings

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. EClinicalMedicine 2025-04-01 Disparities

    Less EQ and YoE were associated with brain alterations across groups.

  38. Social Frailty and Social Isolation in the Context of Dementia: A Simultaneous Concept Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2025-04-01 Risk factors

    The attributes of concepts of social frailty and social isolation overlap, including being alone and having limited or less social activities, engagements or interactions.

  39. Machine learning algorithms and traditional statistical models for detection of dementia: a population-based study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Age and Ageing 2025-03-30 Digital health tools

    Of the 5200 participants (mean age = 71.0 years, 57.1% females), 302 (5.8%) were diagnosed with dementia.

  40. Predicting explainable dementia types with LLM-aided feature engineering

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Bioinformatics 2025-03-29 Digital health tools

    This paper proposes a novel LLM-aided feature engineering approach that enhances interpretability by extracting clinically relevant features from the Oxford Textbook of Medicine.

  41. 121 SCU admissions involved 107 unique patients.

  42. Post-stroke cognitive impairment and dementia research in Southeast Asia: A scoping review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2025-03-23 How common it is

    9118 references were identified, and 103 articles (from 78 studies) published between 1992 and 2024 were included.

  43. Behavioural and cognitive profiles in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Neurology 2025-03-21 Getting a diagnosis

    Linear mixed modelling of time effects found progression of all CBI-R domains, aside from sleep, beliefs and mood domains, and all ACE-III domains.

  44. Brain health services for the secondary prevention of cognitive impairment and dementia: Opportunities, challenges, and the business case for existing and future facilities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-03-17 Prevention and risk

    A European Task Force has recently developed and published the concept and protocols for the setup of the innovative health offer of Brain Health Services for the secondary prevention of dementia and cognitive impairment (dBHS). dBHS are outpatient health care facilities where adult persons can find an assessment of their risk of developing cognitive impairment and dementia, have their risk level and contributing factors communicated using appropriate language supported by adequate communication tools, can decide to participate to programs for personalized risk reduction if at higher risk, and benefit from cognitive enhancement interventions.

  45. Development and usability of the “Cognitive Evergreenland” app to engage individuals at high risk of dementia in lifestyle interventions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Scientific Reports 2025-03-15 Prevention trials

    Multidomain lifestyle interventions can improve cognitive function and mobile health technologies can deliver cost-effective interventions.

  46. The perceptions of European geriatricians on the co-occurrence and links between dementia, delirium and frailty

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. European Geriatric Medicine 2025-03-15 Disparities

    Within the 440 included surveys, respondents particularly over-estimated frailty prevalence in older hospitalised patients, with two-thirds choosing between 41 and 80% prevalence, when the literature suggests only 23-46%, but paradoxically underestimated the frequency of frailty in people with delirium (more than three quarters of responses across 21-80%; literature suggests 71-93%).

  47. The global population is aging, and as a consequence, the prevalence of dementia is increasing rapidly.

  48. Prediction of dementia using CT imaging in stroke (PRODUCTS)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. European Stroke Journal 2025-03-13 Vascular contributions

    Among 195 participants, 33% had dementia after 3 years of follow-up.

  49. The majority of the assessed health care data did not show significant differences between urban and rural SHA inhabitants.

  50. Changing Story of the Dementia Epidemic

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. JAMA 2025-03-12 How common it is

    This Viewpoint discusses age-specific dementia prevalence rates, their decline during 40 years, and the subsequent effect on dementia incidence.

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