Suzanne M. Robertson, Steven H. Zarit, Larissa G. Duncan, Michael J. Rovine et al.
Abstract: Stressful and positive family caregiving experiences were examined as predictors of caregivers’ patterns of positive and negative affect in a sample of families providing care for a relative with dementia ( N = 234). Four affect pattern groups were identified: (a) Well Adjusted (i.e., high...
Andrea McGrattan, Eduwin Pakpahan, Mario Siervo, Devi Mohan et al.
Abstract Introduction With no treatment for dementia, there is a need to identify high risk cases to focus preventive strategies, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) where the burden of dementia is greatest. We evaluated the risk of conversion from mild cognitive ompairment (MCI...
Blossom C. M. Stephan, Louie Cochrane, Aysegul Humeyra Kafadar, Jacob Brain et al.
BACKGROUND: More than 57 million people have dementia worldwide. Evidence indicates a change in dementia prevalence and incidence in high-income countries, which is likely to be due to improved life-course population health. Identifying key modifiable risk factors for dementia is essential for infor...
Khandaker Mohammad Mohi Uddin, Mir Jafikul Alam, Jannat-E-Anawar, Md. Ashraf Uddin et al.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the leading causes of dementia among older people. In addition, a considerable portion of the world's population suffers from metabolic problems, such as Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. Alzheimer's disease affects the brain in a degenerative manner. As the elderl...
Yunus Miah, Chowdhury Nazia Enam Prima, S Seema, Mufti Mahmud et al.
Sube Banerjee, Alastair Macdonald
BACKGROUND: Home care services maintain people in their own households by providing practical help such as with housework, shopping and personal care. In this study associations between mental disorder and health and social service use, demographics and activity limitation are investigated. METHOD: ...
Muhammad Hossain, John Crossland, Rebecca Stores, Ann Dewey et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite a growing elderly South Asian population, little is known about the experience of diagnosis and care for those living with dementia. There have been a number of individual qualitative studies exploring the experiences of South Asian people living with dementia and their carers ac...
Selia Chowdhury, Nurjahan Shipa Chowdhury
BACKGROUND: Lecanemab is the latest monoclonal antibody that targets beta-amyloid approved exclusively for treatment of Alzheimer's disease with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. This article aims to provide a systematic review of the efficacy, and safety of lecanemab in slowing clinical d...
S M Mahim, Md Shahin Ali, Md Olid Hasan, Abdullah Al Nomaan Nafi et al.
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a significant cause of dementia worldwide, and its progression from mild to severe affects an individual’s ability to perform daily activities independently. The accurate and early diagnosis of AD is crucial for effective clinical intervention. However, interpreting AD fr...
BT Baune, Yousef Aljeesh
BACKGROUND: The study was performed to investigate the association of psychological stress and quality of life (QOL) among patients with the cardiovascular disease (CVD) of hypertension plus stroke or hypertension only. METHODS: The WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was applied to 112 hypertensive patients ...
Zarina Nahar Kabir, Agneta Herlitz
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a brief global instrument used to assess cognitive abilities in the elderly, requiring literacy as a prerequisite. Such a precondition is impractical for populations with widespread illiteracy. The present study aimed to adapt the MMSE for the cultural con...
Naaheed Mukadam, Amy Waugh, Claudia Cooper, Gill Livingston
OBJECTIVES: People from Minority Ethnic groups tend to present late to dementia services, often in crisis. Culture-specific barriers to help-seeking seem to underlie this. We sought to determine these barriers to timely help-seeking for dementia among people from South Asian backgrounds and what the...
ROSE D. H. LEWIS
Husbands and wives constitute a large proportion of carers of those older people suffering dementia. Many older people with dementia have had a long history of personal relationships, often having lived with the same partner for most of their lives. Following the life course approach, this study exp...
Ruminda Herat-Gunaratne, Claudia Cooper, Naaheed Mukadam, Penny Rapaport et al.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore experiences of South Asian carers of people with dementia receiving health or social care in the United Kingdom, purposively recruited to encompass a range of migration, economic and cultural experiences. While previous work in this area has reported ca...
Wenqing Xia, Shaohua Wang, Hengyi Rao, Andrea M. Spaeth et al.
Although Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a well-recognized risk factor for dementia, the neural mechanisms that underlie cognitive impairment in T2DM remain unclear. This study uses resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine attention network alterations in T2DM and the...