Published in Clinical EEG and neuroscience
Many intensive care unit (ICU) survivors suffer disabling long-term cognitive impairment (LTCI) after critical illness. We compared EEG characteristics during critical illness with patients' 1-year neuropsychological outcomes. We performed a post hoc analysis of patients in the BRAIN-ICU study who had undergone EEG for clinical purposes during admi...
Published in IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems
Accurate prediction of clinical scores (of neuropsychological tests) based on noninvasive structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) helps understand the pathological stage of dementia (e.g., Alzheimer's disease (AD)) and forecast its progression. Existing machine/deep learning approaches typically preselect dementia-sensitive brain locations for ...
Published in The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective:Our purpose was to determine whether Medical Symptom Validity Test (MSVT) profiles could differentiate performance invalidity from true impairment in patients with varying levels of memory impairment and functional ability being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Method: Seventy-three older adults (13 healthy controls, 25 mild cognit...
Published in Aging & mental health
Objectives:Emotional expressions in late-stage dementia have traditionally been studied within a deficit paradigm. Moving the narrative of the dementia trajectory from a solely negative pathological experience to one that acknowledges the potential for positive experiences aligns with international recommendations for living well with dementia. The...
Published in Aging & mental health
Examine the efficacy of a telehealth-administered intervention for caregivers of persons with dementia. Two hundred sixteen caregivers engaged in the FAMILIES intervention over six months, either virtually (n = 59) or in-person (n = 157). The telehealth protocol (TeleFAMILIES) was conducted online. Caregivers engaged in six sessions, including indi...
Published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Rationale: Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) may be burdensome for persons with advanced dementia. Research has shown that IMV use in persons with dementia has increased in the United States, Spain, and Canada. Objectives: To compare the outcomes and healthcare costs among hospitalized patients with advanced dementia treated with noninvasive ve...
Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
The effects of mood disorders on mortality may be mediated by their effects on the risk of dementia, and interventions to reduce the occurrence of dementia may reduce their overall mortality. This study aimed to investigate the direct effects of depressive and bipolar disorders on the 6-year risk of mortality and also their indirect effects on mort...
Published in The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective: Ecological validity refers to the ability of neuropsychological measures to predict real world performance. Questions remain as to the ecological validity of commonly used measures, particularly regarding their relationships to global versus specific activities of daily living among those with neurodegenerative disease. We explored these...
Published in Psychology, health & medicine
Slowed gait is one of the strongest predictors of fall risk in older adults. The present study investigated whether gait speed mediated the relationship between depression and fall history in 147 older adults presenting to a memory clinic for cognitive complaints. Depression, cognitive status, gait speed, and number of falls within the last year we...
Published in Journal of clinical nursing
The purpose of this study was to investigate which factors are associated with the quality of dementia care in acute care hospitals. The number of people with dementia who are admitted to acute care hospitals is increasing. Improving the quality of dementia care in acute care hospitals is an important issue. Prior studies have demonstrated that not...
