Oldham, Mark A Lin, I-Hsin Hawkins, Keith A Li, Fang-Yong Yuh, David D Lee, Hochang B
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International journal of geriatric psychiatry
Prior research on cognitive and functional outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has largely explored these two domains in isolation. In this study, we assess baseline depression and cognition as risk factors for decline in the Clinical Dementia Rating Sum-of-Boxes (CDR-SB) 1 month post-CABG surgery, which a combined measure of...
Giebel, Clarissa Lord, Kathryn Cooper, Claudia Shenton, Justine Cannon, Jacqueline Pulford, Daniel Shaw, Lisa Gaughan, Anna Tetlow, Hilary Butchard, Sarah
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International journal of geriatric psychiatry
The aim of this national survey was to explore the impact of COVID-19 public health measures on access to social support services and the effects of closures of services on the mental well-being of older people and those affected by dementia. A UK-wide online and telephone survey was conducted with older adults, people with dementia, and carers bet...
Stamou, Vasileios La Fontaine, Jenny Gage, Heather Jones, Bridget Williams, Peter O'Malley, Mary Parkes, Jacqueline Carter, Janet Oyebode, Jan
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International journal of geriatric psychiatry
Young onset dementia is associated with distinctive support needs but existing research on service provision has been largely small scale and qualitative. Our objective was to explore service use, cost and satisfaction across the UK. Information about socio-demographic characteristics, service use and satisfaction were gathered from people with you...
Pugh, Erika De Vito, Alyssa Divers, Ross Robinson, Anthony Weitzner, Daniel S Calamia, Matthew
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International journal of geriatric psychiatry
Projections from the United States Census Bureau suggest that the African American population may be the fastest growing race over the next 30 years and that they may be at the highest risk for developing dementia later in life. Various social factors have been shown to be associated with cognitive function and health outcomes. The present study ai...
Mujic, Fedza Cairns, Ruth Das-Munshi, Jayati
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International journal of geriatric psychiatry
To explore the relationship between social and clinical factors with (1) Time to referral to an older adult liaison psychiatry service, and (2) Length of stay (LOS), in a sample of older adults admitted to an acute general medical hospital receiving liaison psychiatry intervention, in London, United Kingdom, over a 3-year period. Information on pat...
Hooyman, Andrew Malek-Ahmadi, Michael Fauth, Elizabeth B Schaefer, Sydney Y
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Grip strength is a widely used motor assessment in ageing research and has repeatedly been shown to be associated with cognition. It has been proposed that grip strength could enhance cognitive screening in experimental or clinical research, but this study uses multiple data-driven approaches to caution against this interpretation. Furthermore, we ...
Joling, Karlijn J Koppel, Maud Ten van Hout, Hein P J Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D Francke, Anneke L Verheij, Robert A Twisk, Jos W R van Marum, Rob J
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International journal of geriatric psychiatry
Psychotropic drugs are frequently prescribed to people with dementia in nursing homes although severe adverse events and side effects are common. Less is known about the prevalence and types of psychotropic drug prescription in primary care for people with dementia. This study examined the prevalence of psychotropic drug prescriptions in primary ca...
Hinkle, Jared T Pontone, Gregory M
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International journal of geriatric psychiatry
The Purdue Pegboard test (PPT) assesses upper-extremity dexterity and motor skills. We hypothesized that PPT skill would predict functional and cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease (PD), independent of observer-rated measures of motor impairment. We utilized data from 399 PD participants enrolled in the deprenyl and tocopherol antioxidative the...
Xin, Xi Chen, Jing Hua, Wei Wang, Haiyun
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International journal of geriatric psychiatry
Delirium is the most common postoperative neurological complication and some evidence suggests that dexmedetomidine is associated with a decreased incidence of delirium. This study is designed to assess the effect of dexmedetomidine on postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Sixty geriatric patients wi...
Wu, Juan Yin, Yushuang Jin, Man Li, Bixi
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International journal of geriatric psychiatry
Postoperative delirium (POD) is the most common complication in patients after hip fracture surgery, and the incidence of POD is associated with mortality and disability in patients following hip fracture surgery. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the individual as well as anesthetic and operative risk factors associated with the POD in adult...
